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iptest - automatically generate a packets to test IP functionality
iptest [ -1234567 ] [ -d <device> ] [ -g
  <gateway> ] [ -m <MTU> ] [ -p
  <pointtest> ] [ -s <source> ]
  <destination>
  - -1
- Run IP test group #1. This group of tests generates packets with the IP
      header fields set to invalid values given other packet characteristics.
      The point tests are: 1 (ip_hl < ip_len), 2 (ip_hl > ip_len), 3 (ip_v
      < 4), 4 (ip_v > 4), 5 (ip_len < packetsize, long packets), 6
      (ip_len > packet size, short packets), 7 (Zero length fragments), 8
      (packet > 64k after reassembly), 9 (IP offset with MSB set), 10 (ttl
      variations).
- -2
- Run IP test group #2. This group of tests generates packets with the IP
      options constructed with invalid values given other packet
      characteristics. The point tests are: 1 (option length > packet
      length), 2 (option length = 0).
- -3
- Run IP test group #3. This group of tests generates packets with the ICMP
      header fields set to non-standard values. The point tests are: 1 (ICMP
      types 0-31 & 255), 2 (type 3 & code 0 - 31), 3 (type 4 & code
      0, 127, 128, 255), 4 (type 5 & code 0, 127, 128, 255), 5 (types
      8-10,13-18 with codes 0, 127, 128 and 255), 6 (type 12 & code 0, 127,
      128, 129, 255) and 7 (type 3 & codes 9-10, 13-14 and 17-18 - shortened
      packets).
- -4
- Run IP test group #4. This group of tests generates packets with the UDP
      header fields set to non-standard values. The point tests are: 1 (UDP
      length > packet size), 2 (UDP length < packetsize), 3 (sport = 0, 1,
      32767, 32768, 65535), 4 (dport = 0, 1, 32767, 32768, 65535) and 5
      (sizeof(struct ip) <= MTU <= sizeof(struct udphdr) + sizeof(struct
      ip)).
- -5
- Run IP test group #5. This group of tests generates packets with the TCP
      header fields set to non-standard values. The point tests are: 1 (TCP
      flags variations, all combinations), 2 (seq = 0, 0x7fffffff, 0x8000000,
      0xa0000000, 0xffffffff), 3 (ack = 0, 0x7fffffff, 0x8000000, 0xa0000000,
      0xffffffff), 4 (SYN packet with window of 0, 32768, 65535), 5 (set urgent
      pointer to 1, 0x7fff, 0x8000, 0xffff), 6 (data offset), 7 (sport = 0, 1,
      32767, 32768, 65535) and 8 (dport = 0, 1, 32767, 32768, 65535).
- -6
- Run IP test group #6. This test generates a large number of fragments in
      an attempt to exhaust the network buffers used for holding packets for
      later reassembly. WARNING: this may crash or cause serious performance
      degradation to the target host.
- -7
- Run IP test group #7. This test generates 1024 random IP packets with only
      the IP version, checksum, length and IP offset field correct.
- -d <interface>
- Set the interface name to be the name supplied.
- -g <gateway>
- Specify the hostname of the gateway through which to route packets. This
      is required whenever the destination host isn't directly attached to the
      same network as the host from which you're sending.
- -m <MTU>
- Specify the MTU to be used when sending out packets. This option allows
      you to set a fake MTU, allowing the simulation of network interfaces with
      small MTU's without setting them so.
- -p <test>
- Run a...
ipsend(1), ipresend(1), bpf(4), ipsend(5), dlpi(7p)
Only one of the numeric test options may be given when iptest is run.Needs to be run as root.
If you find any, please send email to me at darrenr@pobox.com