Integrate fping into Solaris [PSARC/2008/160 FastTrack timeout 03/05/2008]

[James Carlson]

Glenn Brunette writes:
> James Carlson wrote:
> > As for the privilege check, the reason the code does this is not that
> > what it's doing requires special privilege (though it does).  The
> > reason is that the utility itself is mostly evil.  Most users
> > generally don't want people scanning subnets at high rates, looking
> > for hosts to attack.
> >   
> 
> This is really a non-issue for me.  If you want people scanning subnets 
> at high
> rates, just split your list into chunks and run multiple pings on a 
> Niagara 2 :-)

Right; I wasn't trying to defend the choice, just explain why that
check is there.

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