Pakket: sing (1.1-13)

A fully programmable ping replacement

Sing is a little tool that sends ICMP packets fully customized from command line. The main purpose is to replace/complement the nice ping command with certain enhancements as:

 - Send fragmented packets (Linux and BSD).
 - Send monster packets > 65534 (Linux and BSD).
 - Send/read spoofed packets.(Libpcap included in distribution).
 - Send many ICMP Information types in addition to the ECHO REQUEST type
   sent by default as Address Mask Request, Timestamp, Information Request,
 - Router Solicitation and Router Advertisement.
 - Send many ICMP error types: Redirect, Source Quench, Time Exceeded,
   Destination Unreach and Parameter Problem.
 - Send to host with Loose or Strict Source Routing.
 - Use little fingerprinting techniques to discover Windows or Solaris
   boxes.
 - Send ICMP packets emulating certain OS: Cisco, Solaris, Linux, Shiva,
   Unix and Windows at the moment.

Tags: System Administration: Monitoring, Implemented in: C, Networking: Scanning, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Scanning