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hping3 — Advanced ping utility which supports protocols such TCP, UDP, and raw IP. Best run with elevated pri

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Problem

How to use the hping3 command: Advanced ping utility which supports protocols such TCP, UDP, and raw IP. Best run with elevated privileges. See also: masscan, naabu, nmap, rustscan, zmap. More information: <https://manned.org/hping3>.

Solution

hping3 — Advanced ping utility which supports protocols such TCP, UDP, and raw IP. Best run with elevated privileges. See also: masscan, naabu, nmap, rustscan, zmap. More information: <https://manned.org/hping3>.

Ping a destination with 4 ICMP ping requests:

hping3 {{[-1|--icmp]}} {{[-c|--count]}} 4 {{ip_or_hostname}}

Ping an IP address over UDP on port 80:

hping3 {{[-2|--udp]}} {{[-p|--destport]}} 80 {{[-S|--syn]}} {{ip_or_hostname}}

Scan TCP port 80, scanning from the specific local source port 5090:

hping3 {{[-V|--verbose]}} {{[-S|--syn]}} {{[-p|--destport]}} 80 {{[-s|--baseport]}} 5090 {{ip_or_hostname}}

Traceroute using a TCP scan to a specific destination port:

hping3 {{[-T|--traceroute]}} {{[-V|--verbose]}} {{[-S|--syn]}} {{[-p|--destport]}} {{80}} {{ip_or_hostname}}

Scan a set of TCP ports on a specific IP address:

hping3 {{[-8|--scan]}} {{80,3000,9000}} {{[-S|--syn]}} {{ip_or_hostname}}

Perform a TCP ACK scan to check if a given host is alive:

hping3 {{[-c|--count]}} {{2}} {{[-V|--verbose]}} {{[-p|--destport]}} {{80}} {{[-A|--ack]}} {{ip_or_hostname}}

Perform a charge test on port 80:

hping3 --flood {{[-p|--destport]}} 80 {{[-S|--syn]}} {{ip_or_hostname}}

Code Snippets

Ping a destination with 4 ICMP ping requests

hping3 {{[-1|--icmp]}} {{[-c|--count]}} 4 {{ip_or_hostname}}

Ping an IP address over UDP on port 80

hping3 {{[-2|--udp]}} {{[-p|--destport]}} 80 {{[-S|--syn]}} {{ip_or_hostname}}

Scan TCP port 80, scanning from the specific local source port 5090

hping3 {{[-V|--verbose]}} {{[-S|--syn]}} {{[-p|--destport]}} 80 {{[-s|--baseport]}} 5090 {{ip_or_hostname}}

Traceroute using a TCP scan to a specific destination port

hping3 {{[-T|--traceroute]}} {{[-V|--verbose]}} {{[-S|--syn]}} {{[-p|--destport]}} {{80}} {{ip_or_hostname}}

Scan a set of TCP ports on a specific IP address

hping3 {{[-8|--scan]}} {{80,3000,9000}} {{[-S|--syn]}} {{ip_or_hostname}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/hping3

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