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NAME
icmpinfo
KEYWORDS
alarm, analyser, security; IP ; ; UNIX ; Free
ABSTRACT
IcmpInfo monitors incoming ICMP packets. It can be used
to detect and record 'bombs' as well as various network problems.
MECHANISM
IcmpInfo simply listens to the Icmp protocol socket and decodes
incoming packets with some filtering & verbosity tuning.
It can be run as a permanent daemon, with outputs to syslog.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Must be run as super-user or be setuid root to access Icmp port.
The packet decoding is only fully meaningfull for Icmp Unreachable
packets.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Any Unix or related OS with a C compiler and BSD Socket library.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
The source code is written by Laurent Demailly, and came from a
modified BSD ping source; it is supplied AS IS - no warranty, etc...
Suggestions, bugs, comments, etc. can be sent to the author via
e-mail : <dl@hplyot.obspm.fr>
IcmpInfo sources are available freely via anonymous FTP
from hplyot.obspm.fr:/net/icmpinfo-*.tar.gz
and also on ftp.funet.fi:/pub/unix/networking/icmpinfo-*.tar.gz
If you have WWW access have a look at
http://hplyot.obspm.fr/~dl/icmpinfo.html
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Laurent Demailly <dl@hplyot.obspm.fr>
DATE OF MOST RECENT UPDATE TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
950817
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