pingtcp

Description

Small utility to measure TCP handshake time (torify-friendly).

Compiling

Prerequisites

• make (tested with GNU Make 3.82)
• gcc (tested with 4.8.2)
• cmake (tested with 2.8.11)

Compiling

Create build folder, chdir to it and type:

cmake ..

Then type make.

Usage

Typical usage:

pingtcp kernel.org 443

The following arguments are supported:

• -c <attempts> (optional, defaults to infinity) specifies handshake attempts count;
• -i <milliseconds> (optional, defaults to 1 sec) specifies interval between attempts;
• -t <milliseconds> (optional, defaults to 1 sec) specifies TCP connection timeout;
• --tor (optional) uses libtorsocks to connect over TOR network;
• -6 (optional) use IPv6 (seems to be incompatible with TOR).

Distribution and Contribution

Distributed under terms and conditions of GNU GPL v3 (only).

The following people are involved in development:

• Oleksandr Natalenko <o.natalenko@lanet.ua>

Mail them any suggestions, bugreports and comments.