From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue Mar 13 02:22:22 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 382B9AFC6E3 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:22:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrisbailey.io) Received: from mail-vk0-x243.google.com (mail-vk0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7F3B81A0A for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:22:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrisbailey.io) Received: by mail-vk0-x243.google.com with SMTP id y127so7561960vky.9 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:22:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chrisbailey-io.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-transfer-encoding; bh=o1kEwOHIvw8aI89Gq4EIMz2nPmGg8/QrdbLv30zBSik=; b=d/zdQwh+rYPYE8ap4r5GtXgciPzmHXs07VjZ/laOpM3J0H3AQyLoGkhw7pE0uhkYSJ 6hZNzsHzWoSyBe6ojTyANQ9LcUySNqMMAYt2d2jCS6BlbSxh0ifdjonIgDtQcBfxJ1BF RQ8xXLjl8xZPndaiIiy9ogGWxKMSfUT7LqJkh60wecdznxd6VMS5EsAuFFyj1GZrbij2 pyppvSS3v5wO0OIZDJJq+Kc2GW+cPrxqVLHIlX0W3QAZRLVP69NVK4WL81kwVQ8Au3gz JtojJIR2mtbvlHD/rNZ6ETTcVw4I5+5AZA7XGOL/BEYcEv03uPu1WemQNIhtDYPrzN8Q Fktw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-transfer-encoding; bh=o1kEwOHIvw8aI89Gq4EIMz2nPmGg8/QrdbLv30zBSik=; b=M54EAm8Ye17pQ9njBf/aCpzpLaEIEMc5RzaJNK8FviIHX02/rC3KNBjixfRJt3ROrt G3GRYo18ES9Y3Fbcq9E8JPmlDl+tH5sd/HrtAFV0S8xOE+RoB6Ob2XtR2MPt2tuRFd/W UbmOHK3RxNDBefGFjnSOddsxxP/029fpg9sD7kzFFHjrNrQefdqZheBZBmvOzBWGZeOP XluC4R0sgtYN6/ZLTMepE3a3mTRLtElKIbjiGrYrSmtlhVoS7ATQ8NyH7RClu+T5aOg+ sWErI32QAR/oySMYtzNVFZWuQHkmH8r/sXaqphaEe8GCvyT8TRbcCKdMUJCaYprk6AkE PXxQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7GDrB4fOheW4pOd1WDxpP1HlkQxmBX8nr1NNHn0dVrGA0F7hzqT dyuczHQ2xpBymKYzJM+Sx4U0iBs2nf7Vb5XQO72L0Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELuxTmnhACba7Q8xthfTqMP72hIhH8m2w2w9mMgXn+qF3IIZoCi6PRXvBME//L+YT6D5mu46lKi14ELCqbnRjlI= X-Received: by 10.31.27.195 with SMTP id b186mr6492113vkb.14.1520907741133; Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:22:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 1058052472880 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:22:20 -0400 From: Christopher Bailey X-Mailer: Airmail (467) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:22:20 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: [GSoC] Dual-stack ping command To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, lists@eitanadler.com, gavin@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:22:22 -0000 Hello, I=E2=80=99m an undergraduate computer science student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I=E2=80=99m interested in unifying ping and ping6 into a single command, because it=E2=80=99s one of the suggested ideas on the wiki= , it=E2=80=99s something that=E2=80=99s mildly irritated me in the past, and = I believe I have the necessary skills to accomplish it. >From looking at the source code to the two existing commands, this project looks pretty straightforward. There could be some complications I=E2=80=99m missing though, so I=E2=80=99d be interested to h= ear from more experienced developers if there are. Also, apologies if I did anything wrong in sending this email. I=E2=80=99ve been following the FreeBSD lists for a while, but this is the first time I=E2=80=99ve sent a message myself, so I=E2=80=99m new to the experien= ce. Thanks, Chris Bailey