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The ping command in c

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ping_42

The ping command in c

##allowed functions :

  • getpid : returns the process ID of the calling process.
  • getuid : returns the real user ID of the calling process.
  • getaddrinfo : convert domain names, hostnames, and IP addresses between human-readable text representations and structured binary formats for the operating system's networking API.
  • gettimeofday : can get and set the time as well as a timezone.
  • inet_ntop : convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from binary to text form.
  • inet_pton : convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from text to binary form
  • exit
  • signal : sets the disposition of the signal signum to handler, which is either SIG_IGN, SIG_DFL, or the address of a programmer-defined function (a "signal handler")
  • alarm : arranges for a SIGALRM signal to be delivered to the calling process in seconds seconds.
  • setsockopt : manipulate options for the socket referred to by the file descriptor sockfd. Options may exist at multiple protocol levels; they are always present at the uppermost socket level.
  • recvmsg : receive a message from a socket
  • sendto : send a message on a socket
  • socket : create an endpoint for communication

##References

http://sotodayithought.blogspot.fr/2010/03/simple-ping-implementation-in-c.html

http://www.binarytides.com/icmp-ping-flood-code-sockets-c-linux/

https://www.cs.utah.edu/~swalton/listings/sockets/programs/part4/chap18/myping.c