flood_dhcpc6(8)

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version 3.8 · 7 versions
, in epel 9

🌈 flood_dhcpc6(8) — the IPv6 manual page, bestie ✨

Okay so this is flood_dhcpc6(8) from the IPv6 manual, and she is a lot in the best way. 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

flood_dhcpc6 — that's her name, no notes. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

flood_dhcpc6 [-n|-N] [-1] [-d domain-name] interface [dhcpserver]

It's a DHCP client flooder, bestie. The whole vibe is: use it to deplete the IP address pool a DHCP6 server is offering. 🔥 But note: if the pool is very large, this is rather senseless. :-) (the original smiley stays, i don't make the rules).

In the synopsis, interface is the interface you give it, and [dhcpserver] is the optional DHCP server. 🌸

🦋 the flags, decoded 🦋

  • -n — will use the real MAC. 📡
  • -N — will use the real MAC and link-local address. 🛰️
  • -1 — will only solicate an address but not request it. 👀
  • -d domain-name — use this to force DNS updates; you must specify a domain name. 📝

By default the link-local IP MAC address is random, however this won't work in some circumstances. 😭 So that's why -n and -N exist, iykyk.

🚨 Real talk: if -N is not used, you should run parasite6 in parallel. That's the move, bestie.

💖 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 🌐

flood_dhcpc6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC <vh@thc.org>
www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

cute little sign-off: this page is from THC, dated 2022-06-19, for flood_dhcpc6(8). bye bestie, stay iconic 💅🦋

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