How ping command creates custom data pattern using -p option
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When a user wants to have some own pattern in a packet data part of an ICMP ping request, he needs to use ping -p
$man ping
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-p pattern
You may specify up to 16 “pad” bytes to fill out the packet you send.
This is useful for diagnosing data-dependent problems in a network.
For example, -p ff will cause th...Subscriber exclusive content
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