Information about the package, hping3, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hping3 package is designed for, TCP/IP stack auditing and much more.
Package Name:
hping3
Summary:
TCP/IP stack auditing and much more
Description:
hping3 is a network tool able to send custom TCP/IP packets and to display target replies like ping do with ICMP replies. hping3 can handle fragmentation, and almost arbitrary packet size and content, using the command line interface. Since version 3, hping implements scripting capabilties
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.0.20051105
Release:
16.el6
Size:
89 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the hping3 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hping3
This command will install hping3 on the server.
yum remove hping3
This command will un-install hping3 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hping3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hping3
This command will un-install hping3 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hping3 when using the -y flag.
yum update hping3
This command will update hping3 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hping3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hping3
This command will update hping3 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hping3 when using the -y flag.
yum info hping3
This command will show you core information about the hping3 package.
yum deplist hping3
This command will show you the dependencies for hping3. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update hping3
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hping3. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.