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1.1     ! misho       1: hping2 readme
        !             2: antirez@invece.org
        !             3: 
        !             4: DESCRIPTION
        !             5: 
        !             6:        hping2 is a network tool able to send custom ICMP/UDP/TCP
        !             7:        packets and to display target replies like ping do with
        !             8:        ICMP replies. hping2 handle fragmentation, arbitrary packet
        !             9:        body and size and can be used in order to transfer files
        !            10:        under supported protocols. Using hping2 you are able at
        !            11:        least to perform the following jobs:
        !            12: 
        !            13:        - Test firewall rules
        !            14:        - [spoofed] port scanning
        !            15:        - Test net performance using differents protocols,
        !            16:          packet size, TOS (type of service) and fragmentation.
        !            17:        - Path MTU discovery
        !            18:        - Files trasfering even between really fascist firewall rules.
        !            19:        - Traceroute like under different protocols.
        !            20:        - Firewalk like usage.
        !            21:        - Remote OS fingerprint.
        !            22:        - TCP/IP stack auditing.
        !            23:        - A lot of others.
        !            24: 
        !            25:        It's also really a good didactic tool to learn TCP/IP.
        !            26: 
        !            27:        hping2 is developed and manteined by antirez@invece.org
        !            28:        and comes under GPL version 2 of license. Developing is
        !            29:        open so you can send me patches/suggestions/affronts without
        !            30:        inhibitions.
        !            31: 
        !            32:        Thanks to the following peoples for them suggestions/tests/tools/code:
        !            33: 
        !            34:        Valeriano Bedeschi      <vale@seclab.com>
        !            35:        Lorenzo Cavallaro       <sullivan@seclab.com>
        !            36:        awgn roofing            <root@roof.penguinpowered.com>
        !            37:        Darren Reed             <avalon@COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU>
        !            38:        Alfonso De Gregorio     <dira@speedcom.it>
        !            39:        Mika                    <mika@qualys.com>
        !            40:        Yann Berthier           <Yann.Berthier@hsc.fr>
        !            41:        Lance Spitzner          <lance@spitzner.net>
        !            42:        Stephane Aubert         <Stephane.Aubert@hsc.fr>
        !            43:        Nicolas Jombart         <Nicolas.Jombart@hsc.fr>
        !            44:        Denis Ducamp            <Denis.Ducamp@hsc.fr>
        !            45:        Francesco Potorti`      <pot@gnu.org>
        !            46:        Stefano Brandimarte     <stevens@alicom.com>
        !            47:        "roy kozzer"            <royk50@hotmail.com>
        !            48:        Jason Lunz              <j@trellisinc.com>
        !            49:        Domenico Andreoli       <cavok@filibusta.crema.unimi.it>
        !            50:        Gian-Luca Dei Rossi     <acaso@venezia.linux.it>
        !            51:        Marco D'Itri            <md@linux.it>
        !            52:        Rui Miguel Barbosa Machado <rmbm@rccn.net>
        !            53:        Daniel Ginsburg         <dbg@nm.ru>
        !            54:        Steve Bleazard          <steve@bleazard.com>
        !            55:        David Coppa             <coffeec@tin.it>
        !            56: 
        !            57:        Many other, I don't remember.
        !            58: 
        !            59:        Also vim developers, ee.lbl.gov for tcpdump and GNU in general.
        !            60: 
        !            61: DOWNLOAD
        !            62: 
        !            63:        The hping2 primary download site is the following:
        !            64: 
        !            65:                http://www.kyuzz.org/antirez/hping2.html
        !            66: 
        !            67:        ----------------------------------------------------------------
        !            68:        How to get the hping2 source code from the anonymous CVS server
        !            69:        ----------------------------------------------------------------
        !            70: 
        !            71:        $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.hping2.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/hping2 login   
        !            72: 
        !            73:        CVS will ask for the password, just press enter, no password is required
        !            74: 
        !            75:        than type the following to download the full source code.
        !            76: 
        !            77:        $ cvs -z8 -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.hping2.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/hping2 checkout hping2
        !            78: 
        !            79:        -----------------------------------
        !            80:        How to update your source code tree
        !            81:        -----------------------------------
        !            82: 
        !            83:        change the current directory to /somewhere/hping2, than just type:
        !            84: 
        !            85:        $ cvs update
        !            86: 
        !            87: REQUIREMENTS
        !            88: 
        !            89:        A supported unix-like OS, gcc, root access.
        !            90: 
        !            91:        see PORTINGS file for supported systems list.
        !            92: 
        !            93: USAGE
        !            94: 
        !            95:        See the man page and HPING2-HOWTO.
        !            96: 
        !            97: INSTALLATION
        !            98: 
        !            99:        see INSTALL file.
        !           100: 
        !           101: have fun,
        !           102: antirez