NAME
icmpinfo - interpret ICMP messages
SYNOPSIS
icmpinfo [-v[v[v]]] [-n] [-p] [-s] [-l] [-k]
DESCRIPTION
Icmpinfo is a tool for looking at the ICMP messages received on the
running host. It can be used to detect and record ’bombs’ as well as
various network problems.
The output format is as follows (all on one line):
MMM DD HH:MM:SS ICMP_type[sub-type]
< sender_ip [sender_name] > unreach_ip [unreach_name]
sp=source_port dp=dest_port seq=sequence sz=packet_size
In normal operation, icmpinfo will only report on "weird" packets,
mainly icmp_unreachable.
OPTIONS
-v Give information about all icmp packets, excepts pings.
-vv Give about pings too (i.e. icmp_echo_reply).
-vvv Include an ascii/hex dump of each packet
-n Avoid name queries - just give IP addresses. (use this option
when running unattended on name server hosts (to avoid possible
looping))
-p Avoid port number to service name decoding.
-s Show the interface ip that received the packet. Useful only if
your host has several network interfaces. In this case an ’-
my_ip [my_name]’ is added between the sender and unreach ip and
name fields.
-l Forks and use the syslog(3) facility to record events
(recommended use). (root only option).
-k Kills the background process started with the -l option.
WARNINGS
The packet decoding is planned for ICMP Unreachable outputs and might
not be significant for all other Icmp types. Output can be shorter when
implied by the packet size or the icmp type.
AUTHOR
Laurent Demailly <dl@hplyot.obspm.fr>. Free software.