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FRAGTEST(8)		     System Manager's Manual		     FRAGTEST(8)

NAME
     fragtest - test IP fragment reassembly behaviour

SYNOPSIS
     fragtest TESTS ... host

DESCRIPTION
     fragtest probes the remote host to determine its TCP/IP stack behaviour.

     The  TESTS  may include any of the following (or may be specified as all to
     perform them all):

     ping   Send an ICMP echo request to the host.

     ip-opt
	    Send ICMP echo requests with different IP options, to see  which  IP
	    options are supported.

     frag   Send an ICMP echo request as 8-byte fragments.

     frag-new
	    Send  an  ICMP  echo request as 8-byte fragments with an overlapping
	    16-byte fragment, favoring newer data in reassembly.

     frag-old
	    Send an ICMP echo request as 8-byte fragments  with  an  overlapping
	    16-byte fragment, favoring older data in reassembly.

     frag-timeout
	    Send  an  ICMP  echo  request as 8-byte fragments, omitting the last
	    fragment, and wait for an ICMP time-exceeded-in-reassembly reply.

SEE ALSO
     fragroute(8)

AUTHOR
     Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org>

BUGS
     Firewalls or other filtering network devices may block IP fragments,  pack-
     ets with IP options, ICMP echo traffic, etc.

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