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Re: Is ICMP supportted?

From: Hendrik Visage <hvjunk_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:31:48 +0200

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Woods <woods.biz_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Quick question: if libcurl supports ICMP ping? Thanks.

never knew ICMP ping is a data transfer protocol :(

Anycase, ICMP is a low-lvel protocol that you typically need
root/administrator rights for to access the raw socket interface.
Nope, not something libcurl should worry about at all. Rather go and
check out libnet and friends.
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