Re: [PEN-TEST] ICMP push

[David Ford <david () kalifornia com>]

Oliver Petruzel wrote:

> Dearest compadres, again.
>
> Has anyone ever heard of a tool named "ICMPpush"? or something similar?
> which works a s an ICMP-specific packet builder for various ICMP types.
> It is my understanding (or lack thereof) that on dummy terms or other
> hosts which may (firewall or otherwise) prevent normal ICMP traffic, may
> indeed allow other types through for various "are you alive?" purposes.

A quick grok at freshmeat shows an exact match.  A quick search of just
'icmp' shows a lot of tools.

-d

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