Re: [cobalt-users] Ping command

["Jeffery L. JT Vogt" <lfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> I would like to know if there is an update of the ping command for my
> cobalt Qube 2 because I think it is very poor
> in functions compared to new releases of Linux mandrake or Red Hat.
>> And if is it possible, where can I download this update ?
>
>ping hasn't had any signifigant changes other than a small security patch
>since it was ported to linux from bsd half a decade ago -/
>
>'Current' should be in 'netkit'
>
>What are you trying to make it do ?

Perhaps he's referring to the "Secure Ping" posted to Bugtraq in June of
'98?  http://www.shmoo.com/mail/bugtraq/jun98/msg00054.html

I happened to save a copy of that code, which is good because I can't
find it using the "latest version" link from that archived posting.

However, I did find another version (1.2 released 9 January 2001) at
http://users.rendrag.net/~tim/software/sping.php3   This version
purports to have been tested on both the 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, but I
don't know anything about the author(s) as they haven't posted this to
Bugtraq.

-Arf, JT
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