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About hping3
hping3 assembles and sends custom TCP, UDP, ICMP and raw IP packets, which makes it useful for firewall rule testing, path MTU discovery, port scanning and advanced traceroute. Responses are reported in a ping-like format.
Strengths
- Crafts arbitrary packets, so firewall and filtering behaviour can be tested precisely
- Advanced traceroute and path MTU discovery modes
Limitations
- Requires root and can disrupt networks if used carelessly
- Development stopped years ago
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPL.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- Salvatore Sanfilippo
- Platforms
- macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Packet crafting tool for TCP/IP testing and probing
- Categories
- Network tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Networking & Diagnostics); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.