in reply to Re: icmp code, w/o Net::Ping and problem
in thread icmp code, w/o Net::Ping and problem

I just want to know..., i surfed ping.pm (Net::Ping), copy & paste sub icmp_ping to another *.pl file, and try to run the code manually (separately), and i got different result.. it's only because of my curiosity, and i hope u undertand.. thanks
  • Comment on Re^2: icmp code, w/o Net::Ping and problem

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: icmp code, w/o Net::Ping and problem
by Knom (Beadle) on Sep 02, 2005 at 03:58 UTC
    Per RFC792 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc792.html):

    "The checksum is the 16-bit ones's complement of the one's complement sum of the ICMP message starting with the ICMP Type. For computing the checksum , the checksum field should be zero. This checksum may be replaced in the future."

    Therefore, simply replace your '$chk += $short;' with '$chk ^= $short;' and it should work.

    BTW: Thanks for the code! :-)

    Happy Hacking!
      thanks before,

      actually this script's working fine for localhost, and i got a reports from some ppl that this script is working fine too in their LAN, just to make sure i remade this script (well..actually it's only copied and pasted from ping.pm)..

      ##Update-2##
      Well, i just found out that if we send single icmp packet to LOCALHOST we dont need a 'right value' for checksum, i mean we can put any numbers into $checksum, so for Localhost we dont need sub checksum
      ##EndOfUpdate-2##

      use strict; use Socket; ping_icmp(); use constant ICMP_ECHOREPLY => 0; # ICMP packet types use constant ICMP_ECHO => 8; use constant ICMP_STRUCT => "C2 n3 A"; # Structure of a minimal ICMP p +acket use constant SUBCODE => 0; # No ICMP subcodefor ECHO and ECHOREPLY use constant ICMP_FLAGS => 0; # No special flags for send or recv use constant ICMP_PORT => 0; # No port with ICMP sub ping_icmp { my ($ip) = inet_aton('192.168.0.2'); my ($saddr, $checksum, $msg, $len_msg); my $seq = 1; my $pid = $$ & 0xffff; $checksum = 0; # No checksum for starters my $data= ""; $msg = pack(ICMP_STRUCT . 0,ICMP_ECHO,SUBCODE,$checksum,$pid,$seq,$d +ata); $checksum =checksum($msg); $msg = pack(ICMP_STRUCT . 0,ICMP_ECHO,SUBCODE,$checksum,$pid,$seq,$d +ata); $len_msg = length($msg); $saddr = sockaddr_in(ICMP_PORT, $ip); socket(SOCK,PF_INET,SOCK_RAW,getprotobyname('icmp')); send(SOCK,$msg,ICMP_FLAGS,$saddr); } sub checksum{ my ($msg) = @_; my ($len_msg,$num_short,$short,$chk); $len_msg = length($msg); $num_short = int($len_msg / 2); $chk = 0; foreach $short (unpack("n$num_short", $msg)) { $chk += $short; } $chk += (unpack("C", substr($msg, $len_msg - 1, 1)) << 8) if $len_ms +g % 2; $chk = ($chk >> 16) + ($chk & 0xffff); # Foldhigh into low return(~(($chk >> 16) + $chk) & 0xffff); # Again and complement }
      would you mind to test this script in your LAN and send me a report?
      nb : maybe u can add this lil code (thanks to satuspam aka edwin pramono from id-perl yahoogroup)..

      ***UPDATE***
      Because i still got weird result from this code (below), i'll strike this code

      my $buff; defined(recv(SOCK,$buff,256,0)) or die "error: $! \n"; print "received: ", length($buff), " bytes\n"; my($type,$subcode,$cksum,$recv_pid,$recv_seq)=unpack(ICMP_STRUCT,sub +str($buff,20)); if($type == ICMP_ECHOREPLY) { if($recv_pid != $pid) { print "icmp reply ignored (different pid) \n"; } elsif($recv_seq != $seq) { print "icmp reply ignored (different seq) \n"; } else {print "got icmp reply \n"}; } else { print "not an icmp reply\n"; } }


      thank you