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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