Comment It was supposed to be simple! (Score 2, Insightful) 238
We knew about the problems with ICMP when we first designed applications around it in the mid 80s. But at that time it just was not critical or exposed enough for us to really spend too much time planning workarounds or suggesting changes to the specification.
At that time we really didnt think that there would be such a huge number of users for what we thought was something with a very limited audience.
