URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66184>
Summary: ping6 requires raw sockets and thus special
privileges
Group: GNU Networking Utilities
Submitter: auerswal
Submitted: Sat 07 Sep 2024 07:34:29 PM CEST
Category: None
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
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Date: Sat 07 Sep 2024 07:34:29 PM CEST By: Erik Auerswald <auerswal>
While ping for IPv4 falls back to use an ICMP datagram socket if it cannot
open a raw socket, ping6 for IPv6 does not.
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