Ping sweep
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In computing
, a ping
sweep is a method that can establish a range of IP addresses which map to live hosts.
The classic tool used for ping sweeps is fping, which traditionally was accompanied by gping to generate the list of hosts for large subnets, although more recent version of fping include that functionality. Well-known tools with ping sweep capability include nmap
for Unix
systems, and the Pinger software from Rhino9 for Windows NT
. There are many other tools with this capability, including: Hping
, Simple Nomad's ICMPEnum, SolarWind's Ping Sweep, and Foundstone's SuperScan.
Pings can be detected by protocol loggers like ippl.
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
, a ping
Ping
Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer...
sweep is a method that can establish a range of IP addresses which map to live hosts.
The classic tool used for ping sweeps is fping, which traditionally was accompanied by gping to generate the list of hosts for large subnets, although more recent version of fping include that functionality. Well-known tools with ping sweep capability include nmap
Nmap
Nmap is a security scanner originally written by Gordon Lyon used to discover hosts and services on a computer network, thus creating a "map" ofthe network...
for Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
systems, and the Pinger software from Rhino9 for Windows NT
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement...
. There are many other tools with this capability, including: Hping
Hping
hping is a free packet generator and analyzer for the TCP/IP protocol distributed by Salvatore Sanfilippo .Hping is one of the de facto tools for security auditing and testing of firewalls and networks, and was used to exploit the idle scan scanning technique , and now implemented in the Nmap...
, Simple Nomad's ICMPEnum, SolarWind's Ping Sweep, and Foundstone's SuperScan.
Pings can be detected by protocol loggers like ippl.