Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:25:28 -0400 From: Barney Wolff <barney@pit.databus.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ping oddity Message-ID: <20030413182528.GA78228@pit.databus.com>
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The "wrong data byte" output from ping is a cosmetic bug in ping - it starts the compare too early, with the timestamp. So any time the response comes back after the next request has already been sent, the check will fail. I've filed a PR with a suggested fix to ping.c. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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