Re: 2.2.x kernels missend odd-sized ICMP packets

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 04:34:02 +0100 (BST)

> I've noticed something exceedingly strange. 2.2.x kernels all seem to send
> out odd sized ICMP packets improperly.
>
> root@kite:/home/joey/prog>ping -qs 11 localhost
> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 11 data bytes
>

What compiler are you using ?

ping -qs 11 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 11 data bytes

--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.0/0.0/0.1 ms

Linux roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk 2.2.5-ac6 #210 Thu Apr 8 20:21:19 BST 1999 i586 unknown

Alan

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