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echo: nthelp
to: Mike N.
from: Geo.
date: 2004-06-08 23:36:06
subject: Re: packet loss problem worsening

From: "Geo." 

"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> >Would that make the network slower?
>
>    The lack of reverse DNS and ICMP unreachables will not affect the
> network in normal operations.

They don't slow down the network but they might slow down network functions
of any app that does reverse lookups as part of it's function.

Geo.

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