[AG-TECH] Is PING required?

[Thomas D. Uram]

Hi Ben:

The short answer is that it is not required for any of the components 
you've specified, as of 3.0.2, and will not be for 3.1.

'ping' was used prior to 3.0.2 for examining the reachability of 
bridges.  As of 3.0.2, it was replaced by an RPC call over TCP.  You'll 
see code in RegistryClient.py that still uses the 'ping' method, but 
that is only for pre-3.0.2 bridges and will be removed before long.

Tom


On 10/17/07 11:19 AM, Ben Green wrote:
> Can someone please clarify whether the firewall must allow inbound/outbound ICMP 'echo request' in the following cases, respectively:
>
> AG Toolkit client v3.02
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> AG Toolkit VenueServer v3.02
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> AG Toolkit BridgeServer v3.02
>
> ...and also for the forthcoming v3.1 as well. 
>
> Cheers, Ben.
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