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| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ping6/ping6.8 | 36 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ping6/ping6.8 b/sbin/ping6/ping6.8 index f599c9b88a6..cffebf82d7a 100644 --- a/sbin/ping6/ping6.8 +++ b/sbin/ping6/ping6.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ping6.8,v 1.2 1999/12/11 08:44:48 itojun Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ping6.8,v 1.3 1999/12/15 05:05:58 itojun Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" KAME Id: ping6.8,v 1.5 1999/12/01 12:51:04 jinmei Exp +.\" KAME Id: ping6.8,v 1.7 1999/12/15 04:59:13 itojun Exp .\" .Dd May 17, 1998 .Dt PING6 8 @@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ packets to network hosts .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.\" .Op Fl AdEfnqRrvw +.\" without ipsec, or new ipsec .Op Fl dfnqRrvw +.\" old ipsec +.\" .Op Fl AdEfnqRrvw .Op Fl a Ar addrtype .Op Fl b Ar bufsiz .Op Fl c Ar count @@ -49,11 +51,28 @@ packets to network hosts .Op Fl i Ar wait .Op Fl l Ar preload .Op Fl p Ar pattern +.\" new ipsec +.\" .Op Fl P Ar policy .Op Fl S Ar sourceaddr .Op Fl s Ar packetsize .Ar host .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +uses the +.Tn ICMPv6 +protocol's mandatory +.Tn ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST +datagram to elicit an +.Tn ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY +from a host or gateway. +.Tn ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST +datagrams (``pings'') have an IPv6 header, +and +.Tn ICMPv6 +header formatted as documented in RFC2463. +The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds +.\" old ipsec .\" .It Fl A .\" Enables transport-mode IPsec authentication header. (experimental) .It Fl a Ar addrtype @@ -148,6 +167,10 @@ flag, .Nm prints out any ICMP error messages caused by its own ECHO_REQUEST messages. +.\" new ipsec +.\" .It Fl P Ar policy +.\" .Ar policy +.\" specifies IPsec policy to be used for the probe. .It Fl q Quiet output. Nothing is displayed except the summary lines at startup time and @@ -330,6 +353,13 @@ if an error occurred. .Xr ping 8 , .Xr traceroute 8 , .Xr traceroute6 8 +.Rs +.%A A. Conta +.%A S. Deering +.%T "Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification" +.%N RFC2463 +.%D December 1998 +.Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm ping |