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[ Source: sing  ]

Package: sing (1.1-11ubuntu0.7.04.1) [universe]

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Please consider filing a bug or asking a question via Launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.

Original Maintainer (usually from Debian):

  • Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta

It should generally not be necessary for users to contact the original maintainer.

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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.

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  • dep: debconf
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    or debconf-2.0
    Package not available
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.5-0ubuntu1)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libnet0
    library for the construction and handling of network packets (obsolete)
  • dep: libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.3-1)
    System interface for user-level packet capture

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 48.7 kB164 kB no current information
i386 46.0 kB152 kB no current information
powerpc 51.5 kB168 kB no current information