Glenn Brunette writes: > James Carlson wrote: > > As for the privilege check, the reason the code does this is not that > > what it's doing requires special privilege (though it does). The > > reason is that the utility itself is mostly evil. Most users > > generally don't want people scanning subnets at high rates, looking > > for hosts to attack. > > > > This is really a non-issue for me. If you want people scanning subnets > at high > rates, just split your list into chunks and run multiple pings on a > Niagara 2 :-)
Right; I wasn't trying to defend the choice, just explain why that check is there. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
