From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 11 13:34:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B0583585 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:34:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bizet.nethelp.no (bizet.nethelp.no [195.1.209.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E9B221349 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:34:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 7129 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2014 13:28:09 -0000 Received: from bizet.nethelp.no (HELO localhost) (195.1.209.33) by bizet.nethelp.no with SMTP; 11 Jan 2014 13:28:09 -0000 Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 14:28:09 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <20140111.142809.74743965.sthaug@nethelp.no> To: lev@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Merge ping+ping6 and traceroue+traceroute6 to single utilities? From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: <1063008459.20140111160525@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <1063008459.20140111160525@serebryakov.spb.ru> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: net@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:34:52 -0000 > Is here any project to merge ping/ping6 into ping and > traceroute/traceroute6 into treaceroute? As IPv6 becomes more common these > days, it is very inconvenient to have these utilities separated. Yes please, they should absolutely be merged. And then -4 / -6 options could be used (like telnet/ssh) to choose the protocol for names which have both A and AAAA records. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no