Re: RAW sockets

[Stuart D. Herring]

>> > To trace the root , withut using external commands.
>>
>> What is that supposed to mean?
>>
>
> To find out the trace made by a IP packet from one destination to one
> other.
>
> It would be useful also to write a ping command, without using ping of
> shell.

The word you wanted is "route", not "root".  "Route" means a path or road,
while "root" means the bottom of a tree (and, from this, the Unix
superuser, and the action of digging around as for roots).

Davis

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