Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:21:04 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ping: how to set the don't fragment bit? Message-ID: <20001214132104.C369@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <3A38A58A.1D69185A@i-clue.de>; from so@server.i-clue.de on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 11:48:42AM %2B0100 References: <3A38A58A.1D69185A@i-clue.de>
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 11:48:42AM +0100, Christoph Sold wrote: > Hi Folks, > > to test a secure tunnel, ping should be able to set the don't fragment > bit in IP packets. Our ping doesn't allow this. Linsucks does. > > Since I never before did any network programming: Is it complicated to > add an option to do so? Either a hint how to program it, or some helpful > soul with the knowledge already in place to take this task? There are other utilities available to craft ICMP ECHO packets - sing and hping come to mind. I'm not sure if sing has been ported to FreeBSD, but there is a security/hping port. You might want to try a freshmeat.net search, or browse the index there. Hope that helps! G'luck, Peter -- The rest of this sentence is written in Thailand, on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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