Re^3: Net::ping is very unstable


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Re^3: Net::ping is very unstable

by basiliscos (Pilgrim)

on Apr 12, 2015 at 08:33 UTC ( [id://1123189]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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You can try to use Net::Ping::External, which actually invokes ping command.

Creation of ICMP-packets requires special privileges on some systems (e.g. suid on linux), so, it is a bit not-convenient to use ICMP-protocol from perl. ping command already has that privilege/capability, and it is more-or-less safe to use it from security point of view.

WBR, basiliscos.