RE: Jaws 5 and ICMP packets

  • From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <rebecca.pickrell@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "'jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 05:41:22 -0800

What's an icmp packet?

-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Heil [mailto:eheil@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:26 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Jaws 5 and ICMP packets


That's very interesting.  I wonder why it would want to send some ICMP
packets?  Wonder if this may be a means of FS tracking some statistical data
of some kind?  Possibly each copy of JFW generates a GUID at install-time?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Murphy" <mweeby@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: Fw: Jaws 5 and ICMP packets


>
>
> Hi everyone.  Does anyone know if Jaws 5 has any reason to send ICMP
> packets to the net when it starts?
> I had to re-start jaws and my firewall came up telling me that jfw.exe
> wanted to send an ICMP router solicitation packet to some IP address?
> I thought it somewhat strange but I let it go.  Does anyone know what's up
> with that?
>
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