fake_pim6(8)

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version 3.8 · 7 versions
, in epel 9

💖 fake_pim6(8) — the IPv6 one 🦋

okay bestie, so this is fake_pim6, and yes it's a page in section 8 of the manual (that's the admin/systems one, iykyk). It lives under the IPv6 umbrella and it's basically a little PIM packet gremlin you get to poke at. Let's go 💅

✨ NAME ✨

fake_pim6 — that's literally it, that's the whole name section, no notes 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

  fake_pim6 [-l|-f] [-t ttl] [-s src6] [-d dst6] interface hello
[dr_priority]
  fake_pim6 [-l|-f] [-t ttl] [-s src6] [-d dst6] interface bootstrap
bsr6 [bsr_prio [rp6]]
  fake_pim6 [-l|-f] [-t ttl] [-s src6] [-d dst6] interface assert
multicast6 [metric [sender6]]
  fake_pim6 [-l|-f] [-t ttl] [-s src6] [-d dst6] interface join|prune
neighbor6 multicast6 target6

Like, four whole moods. Pick your fighter 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -l — loop the packet every 5 seconds 🔁 (yes, every 5, not 4, not 6, don't come for me)
  • -f — flood the packet, and it'll use random values where that's useful, e.g. for src 🌊🎲
  • -t ttl — set a non-standard ttl, if you're feeling spicy 🔥
  • -s src6 — tell it the source IPv6 address you want 💌
  • -d dst6 — set a non-standard destination IPv6 address instead of whatever the default vibe is 🎯

🦋 THE COMMANDS 🦋

okay so the commands are the main character here, let's break them down one by one 🫶

  • The hello command takes optionally the DR priority (default: 0). Yeah, 0. Zero. The default is zero 👑
  • The join and prune commands need:
    • the multicast group to modify 🎯
    • the target address that joins or leavs (that's the manpage's spelling, not mine, copying it faithfully bestie 💜)
    • and the neighbor PIM router 🧚
  • The bootstrap command needs the bootstraprouter address, plus optional its priority and the rendevouz-point ✨ (again, their spelling, I'm just the messenger 🎀)
  • The assert command needs the concerning multicast address and optional its metric and multicast sender 🌈
ngl the arg names are doing a lot, so like... double-check you're putting the neighbor where the neighbor goes and the multicast group where the multicast group goes. Everything is 6-flavoured here. It's giving IPv6 supremacy 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

thc-ipv6 was written by van Hauser <vh@thc.org> / THC 💖

The homepage for this toolkit is: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6 🌐

fake_pim6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC <vh@thc.org>
www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

okay that's the whole page, no cap 🫶 this absolute icon of a manpage is brought to you by THC, dated 2022-06-19 — go forth and fake some PIM6 packets responsibly, bestie 💜🌸💅

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