On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Karl J. Runge wrote:
>> I'll follow that up by saying: Why the heck isn't there a safe interface to
>> ICMP, so ping doesn't have to be SUID root? :-)
>
> If I've got the acronym right ICMP is: internet control message protocol.
>
> If any user on a Unix system could send out any sort of ICMP requests,
Yes, yes, I'm talking a *safe* interface to ICMP. :) Such that Joe User
can send ECHO_REQUEST packets, and listen for ECHO_RESPONSE packets, but not
do anything else.
Since I *know* someone will mention flood pinging: You can flood a link
using regular, user-accessible UDP packets, too. ICMP is the weapon of choice
simply because there is already a command to do it. :)
> Of course on a Windows box ...
*snort* On a Windoze box, you're just screwed. ;-)
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