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diff --git a/net/hping/pkg-descr b/net/hping/pkg-descr index 3ea23af5578..3767afa3bbe 100644 --- a/net/hping/pkg-descr +++ b/net/hping/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ -hping2 is a network tool able to send custom ICMP/UDP/TCP -packets and to display target replies like ping do with -ICMP replies. hping2 handle fragmentation, arbitrary packet -body and size and can be used in order to transfer files -under supported protocols. Using hping2 you are able at -least to perform the following jobs: - +hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. +The interface is inspired to the ping(8) unix command, but hping isn't +only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and +RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files +between a covered channel, and many other features. +While hping was mainly used as a security tool in the past, it can be +used in many ways by people that don't care about security to test +networks and hosts. A subset of the stuff you can do using hping: + - Test firewall rules - [spoofed] port scanning - Test net performance using different protocols, @@ -15,8 +17,7 @@ least to perform the following jobs: - Firewalk like usage. - Remote OS fingerprint. - TCP/IP stack auditing. - - A lot of others. -WWW: http://www.kyuzz.org/antirez/hping/ +WWW: http://www.hping.org/ --- Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com> +-- Nicolas Jombart <Nicolas.Jombart@hsc-labs.com> |