In
computing, a ping sweep is a method that can establish a range of
IP addresses which map to live hosts.
The classic tool used for ping sweeps is fping,[1][2][3] which traditionally was accompanied by gping to generate the list of hosts for large subnets,[4] although more recent versions of fping include that functionality.[1] Well-known tools with ping sweep capability include
nmap for
Unix and
Windows systems, and the Pinger software from Rhino9 for
Windows NT.[4][5] There are many other tools with this capability, including:[2][5] Hping, IEA's aping, Simple Nomad's ICMPEnum, SolarWind's Ping Sweep, and Foundstone's SuperScan. There is also a ping sweep tool for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS called Fing made by Overlook Soft.
Pings can be detected by protocol loggers like ippl.[3]
References
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abMike Shema, Chris Davis, Anti-hacker tool kit, Edition 3, McGraw Hill Professional, 2006,
ISBN0-07-226287-7, pp. 403–406
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abStuart McClure, Joel Scambray, George Kurtz, Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Edition 6, McGraw Hill Professional, 2009,
ISBN0-07-161374-9, pp. 44–51
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abStuart McClure and Joel Scambray, An arsenal of attack tools is an essential part of any strong security defense,
InfoWorld, Jul 24, 2000, Vol. 22, No. 30, ISSN 0199-6649, p. 59
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abSusan Elizabeth Young, Dave Aitel, The hacker's handbook: the strategy behind breaking into and defending Networks, CRC Press, 2004,
ISBN0-8493-0888-7, p. 75