about

• written in C++, compiled and run on Arch Linux 5.6.3. See writeup.md for documentation and overview.
  • specifically, g++ *.cpp *.h -Wall -std=c++14 -O3

requirements

• accept a hostname or IP address as terminal arguments
• send ICMP echo requests in an infinite loop
• report loss and rtt times

extra credit

• support for ipv4 & 6
  • nmap makes you throw a -6 flag
• allow to set TTL as an argument
• any additional features

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scratch pad

• commands from ping
  • -a audible ping
  • -c count, the amount of ping packets to send
  • -D print timestamps
  • -h help
  • -m mark
  • -q queit, only show output at the end
  • -p packet size
  • -V version

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status

• ping ipv4 hosts
• listen for and filter responses
• support ipv6
• command line
  • sanitization
  • show help logs = [X] -q quiet
• [ ] #ifdef if <linux/icmp.h> and <linux/in.h> are avaliable, <netinet/ip_icmp.h> if not
• [ ] ncurses support ??
• fix pid issue
• fix sendto and recvfrom
• reduce use of cstrings
• conform to c++ conventions (camel case)
• add data to packets
• impliment ttl for ipv6 packets
• allow ping for hostname
• track time for each packet
• support macOS compilation
• create man page
• exceptions (include errno and handle)
• print entire exception error
• [ ] switch from icmp header to icmp packet
• fix iterator issue
  • infinite loop for unspecified iterations
• [ ] checksum for ipv6
• entire packet should be -s size not only the data
• correctly parse out from recv