Re: MSG_ERRQUEUE in socket recvmsg ?
Kurt Jaeger <[email protected]>
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Hi! > > there's a tool called tracepath (similar to traceroute) and some > > implementation in python: > > https://github.com/keiichishima/pytracepath > > It depends on recv(2) having some MSG_ERRQUEUE flag. > It looks like pytracepath not only uses that non-standard flag to enable > reporting of errors for some optional purpose, but relies on the specific > format of those errors, such as the embedded IP addresses, to implement its > core functionality. > > That tool is completely locked into Linux. Yes, I'm aware. But maybe someone is working on some MSG_ERRQUEUE ? > FreeBSD's traceroute is implemented using raw sockets instead. Yes, this forces it to have a root s-bit. I've found a python traceroute code: https://github.com/mihika09/Python-Traceroute and will have a look at that. -- [email protected] +49 171 3101372 Now what ?