Good day, all, I've found a tool that will generate packets from the command line for testing networks, firewalls and IDS's. The primary site for rain is at http://www.tenebrous.com/rain/ . As it appears there isn't an rpm for it yet, I've packaged on up at http://www.stearns.org/rain/ Use for good, not evil... Cheers, - Bill
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "When I was recently asked to write a television script, the studio insisted that I sign four copies of an affidavit giving it all rights to my writing 'throughout the Universe in perpetuity.' I telephoned a studio lawyer to see if I could keep a few moons of Jupiter." -- Charles C. Mann, in "Information Anxiety", Sept 1998 Atlantic Monthly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Stearns ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Mason, Buildkernel, named2hosts, and ipfwadm2ipchains are at: http://www.stearns.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------