Re: TRACERT problem - 1st hop times out (fwd)

Frank Heinzius (frimp@mms.de)
Wed, 21 May 1997 11:17:20 +0000

On 20 May 97 at 15:45, Jacob Suter wrote:

> > It bugs me that I always see this answer from Livingston. Why do you
> > suppose every other router in the world responds correctly. Are they ALL
> > doing something wrong?
>
> Why doesn't Microsoft fix their *stupid* not-anywhere-near-an-rfc code?
>
>

Because they are Microsoft. No way to escape the Gates Of Hell...
Remember the pseudo-RFC by Microsoft for getting the DNS over PPP...and at last,
Livingston implemented it...

Frank

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