On 27/06/07, Karl Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A fellow has offered a new program to GNU, an enhanced ping implemented in Python. I can't see that it makes any sense to think about adding this to GNU per se, but I thought you might be interested in the additional features he claims it has, and consider them for GNU ping:
The inetutils ping is designed around libicmp, so has the facilities for multiple types of icmp queries as well. I don't know how many are implemented, but the idea of running a python program as setuid root for a basic utility gives me the heeby-jeebies. I would suggest declining the offer. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- Jeff Bailey - http://www.raspberryginger.com/jbailey/ _______________________________________________ bug-inetutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-inetutils
