[PATCH] - Fixes traceroute in presence of external ICMP traffic

Michael Birmingham michael.birmingham at cantab.net
Tue Apr 19 15:39:07 UTC 2011


Package: busybox
Version: v1.18.4
Severity: wishlist

Attached is a patch to fix traceroute (when using ICMP packets) in the
presence of other ICMP traffic. This removes the problem where during the
time we wait to declare a target as unresponsive we receive an unrelated
ICMP packet. If there is enough traffic, this can make traceroute hang as
it never declares the target as unresponsive.

Could you please consider taking this patch into the busybox source?

Thanks,
Mike
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