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File: phping.tgz
Description: A ping that run under photon
Keywords: phping ping ICMP icmp
Version: 1.0 (Beta)
Entered-date: 22-08-97
Author: Claudio Cardozo
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Copying-policy: Public Domain
Supplemental: A ping that run under photon.

Copyright (c) 1997 Claudio Cardozo
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, advertising 
materials, and other materials related to such distribution and
use acknowledge that the software was developed by me (Claudio
Cardozo). Tha name of the author may not be used to endorse or 
promote products derived from this software without specific 
written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES PF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

                     **  pingback  **

Using the InterNet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) "ECHO" facility,
measure round-trip-delays and packet loss across network paths.

Author of Algorithm -
		Mike Muuss
		U. S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
		December, 1993

Written to use called by phping/photon by Claudio Cardozo

Status -
		Public domain. Distribution Unlimited.

Bugs -
		More statistics could always be gathered.
		This program has to run SUID to ROOT to access
		the ICMP socket.
		
		Reports about bugs, e-mail to cazo@alternex.com.br
		
How it work -
		Each time that you press a ping button, is started
		a copy of "pingback", that is called using spawnl( P_NOWAIT..)
		that keep pinging the host. It create a stop/go button.
		The maximum of hosts pinging is 10, because is hard keep
		a updating of severals widgets.
		
How is installed -
		When you descompress it, the file pingback will be installed
		in /usr/bin directory, and phping in /usr/bin/photon.				

Enjoy it!
cazo@alternex.com.br

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