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a0d0e21e 1package Net::Ping;
2
a3b93737 3# Author: mose@ccsn.edu (Russell Mosemann)
4#
5# Authors of the original pingecho():
6# karrer@bernina.ethz.ch (Andreas Karrer)
0536e0eb 7# Paul.Marquess@btinternet.com (Paul Marquess)
a3b93737 8#
9# Copyright (c) 1996 Russell Mosemann. All rights reserved. This
10# program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
11# under the same terms as Perl itself.
12
17f410f9 13use 5.005_64;
a0d0e21e 14require Exporter;
15
a3b93737 16use strict;
17f410f9 17our(@ISA, @EXPORT, $VERSION, $def_timeout, $def_proto, $max_datasize);
a3b93737 18use FileHandle;
19use Socket qw( SOCK_DGRAM SOCK_STREAM SOCK_RAW PF_INET
20 inet_aton sockaddr_in );
21use Carp;
a79c1648 22
a0d0e21e 23@ISA = qw(Exporter);
a3b93737 24@EXPORT = qw(pingecho);
25$VERSION = 2.02;
a0d0e21e 26
a3b93737 27# Constants
a0d0e21e 28
a3b93737 29$def_timeout = 5; # Default timeout to wait for a reply
30$def_proto = "udp"; # Default protocol to use for pinging
31$max_datasize = 1024; # Maximum data bytes in a packet
a0d0e21e 32
a3b93737 33# Description: The pingecho() subroutine is provided for backward
34# compatibility with the original Net::Ping. It accepts a host
35# name/IP and an optional timeout in seconds. Create a tcp ping
36# object and try pinging the host. The result of the ping is returned.
a0d0e21e 37
a3b93737 38sub pingecho
39{
40 my ($host, # Name or IP number of host to ping
41 $timeout # Optional timeout in seconds
42 ) = @_;
43 my ($p); # A ping object
a0d0e21e 44
a3b93737 45 $p = Net::Ping->new("tcp", $timeout);
46 $p->ping($host); # Going out of scope closes the connection
47}
a0d0e21e 48
a3b93737 49# Description: The new() method creates a new ping object. Optional
50# parameters may be specified for the protocol to use, the timeout in
51# seconds and the size in bytes of additional data which should be
52# included in the packet.
53# After the optional parameters are checked, the data is constructed
54# and a socket is opened if appropriate. The object is returned.
55
56sub new
57{
58 my ($this,
59 $proto, # Optional protocol to use for pinging
60 $timeout, # Optional timeout in seconds
61 $data_size # Optional additional bytes of data
62 ) = @_;
63 my $class = ref($this) || $this;
64 my $self = {};
65 my ($cnt, # Count through data bytes
66 $min_datasize # Minimum data bytes required
67 );
68
69 bless($self, $class);
70
71 $proto = $def_proto unless $proto; # Determine the protocol
72 croak("Protocol for ping must be \"tcp\", \"udp\" or \"icmp\"")
73 unless $proto =~ m/^(tcp|udp|icmp)$/;
74 $self->{"proto"} = $proto;
75
76 $timeout = $def_timeout unless $timeout; # Determine the timeout
77 croak("Default timeout for ping must be greater than 0 seconds")
78 if $timeout <= 0;
79 $self->{"timeout"} = $timeout;
80
81 $min_datasize = ($proto eq "udp") ? 1 : 0; # Determine data size
82 $data_size = $min_datasize unless defined($data_size) && $proto ne "tcp";
83 croak("Data for ping must be from $min_datasize to $max_datasize bytes")
84 if ($data_size < $min_datasize) || ($data_size > $max_datasize);
85 $data_size-- if $self->{"proto"} eq "udp"; # We provide the first byte
86 $self->{"data_size"} = $data_size;
87
88 $self->{"data"} = ""; # Construct data bytes
89 for ($cnt = 0; $cnt < $self->{"data_size"}; $cnt++)
90 {
91 $self->{"data"} .= chr($cnt % 256);
92 }
93
94 $self->{"seq"} = 0; # For counting packets
95 if ($self->{"proto"} eq "udp") # Open a socket
96 {
97 $self->{"proto_num"} = (getprotobyname('udp'))[2] ||
98 croak("Can't udp protocol by name");
99 $self->{"port_num"} = (getservbyname('echo', 'udp'))[2] ||
100 croak("Can't get udp echo port by name");
101 $self->{"fh"} = FileHandle->new();
102 socket($self->{"fh"}, &PF_INET(), &SOCK_DGRAM(),
103 $self->{"proto_num"}) ||
104 croak("udp socket error - $!");
105 }
106 elsif ($self->{"proto"} eq "icmp")
107 {
17f28c40 108 croak("icmp ping requires root privilege") if ($> and $^O ne 'VMS');
a3b93737 109 $self->{"proto_num"} = (getprotobyname('icmp'))[2] ||
110 croak("Can't get icmp protocol by name");
111 $self->{"pid"} = $$ & 0xffff; # Save lower 16 bits of pid
112 $self->{"fh"} = FileHandle->new();
113 socket($self->{"fh"}, &PF_INET(), &SOCK_RAW(), $self->{"proto_num"}) ||
114 croak("icmp socket error - $!");
115 }
116 elsif ($self->{"proto"} eq "tcp") # Just a file handle for now
117 {
118 $self->{"proto_num"} = (getprotobyname('tcp'))[2] ||
119 croak("Can't get tcp protocol by name");
120 $self->{"port_num"} = (getservbyname('echo', 'tcp'))[2] ||
121 croak("Can't get tcp echo port by name");
122 $self->{"fh"} = FileHandle->new();
123 }
124
125
126 return($self);
127}
a0d0e21e 128
a3b93737 129# Description: Ping a host name or IP number with an optional timeout.
130# First lookup the host, and return undef if it is not found. Otherwise
131# perform the specific ping method based on the protocol. Return the
132# result of the ping.
133
134sub ping
135{
136 my ($self,
137 $host, # Name or IP number of host to ping
138 $timeout # Seconds after which ping times out
139 ) = @_;
140 my ($ip, # Packed IP number of $host
141 $ret # The return value
142 );
143
144 croak("Usage: \$p->ping(\$host [, \$timeout])") unless @_ == 2 || @_ == 3;
145 $timeout = $self->{"timeout"} unless $timeout;
146 croak("Timeout must be greater than 0 seconds") if $timeout <= 0;
147
148 $ip = inet_aton($host);
149 return(undef) unless defined($ip); # Does host exist?
150
151 if ($self->{"proto"} eq "udp")
152 {
153 $ret = $self->ping_udp($ip, $timeout);
154 }
155 elsif ($self->{"proto"} eq "icmp")
156 {
157 $ret = $self->ping_icmp($ip, $timeout);
158 }
159 elsif ($self->{"proto"} eq "tcp")
160 {
161 $ret = $self->ping_tcp($ip, $timeout);
162 }
a0d0e21e 163 else
a3b93737 164 {
165 croak("Unknown protocol \"$self->{proto}\" in ping()");
166 }
167 return($ret);
168}
a0d0e21e 169
a3b93737 170sub ping_icmp
171{
172 my ($self,
173 $ip, # Packed IP number of the host
174 $timeout # Seconds after which ping times out
175 ) = @_;
176
177 my $ICMP_ECHOREPLY = 0; # ICMP packet types
178 my $ICMP_ECHO = 8;
179 my $icmp_struct = "C2 S3 A"; # Structure of a minimal ICMP packet
180 my $subcode = 0; # No ICMP subcode for ECHO and ECHOREPLY
181 my $flags = 0; # No special flags when opening a socket
182 my $port = 0; # No port with ICMP
183
184 my ($saddr, # sockaddr_in with port and ip
185 $checksum, # Checksum of ICMP packet
186 $msg, # ICMP packet to send
187 $len_msg, # Length of $msg
188 $rbits, # Read bits, filehandles for reading
189 $nfound, # Number of ready filehandles found
190 $finish_time, # Time ping should be finished
191 $done, # set to 1 when we are done
192 $ret, # Return value
193 $recv_msg, # Received message including IP header
194 $from_saddr, # sockaddr_in of sender
195 $from_port, # Port packet was sent from
196 $from_ip, # Packed IP of sender
197 $from_type, # ICMP type
198 $from_subcode, # ICMP subcode
199 $from_chk, # ICMP packet checksum
200 $from_pid, # ICMP packet id
201 $from_seq, # ICMP packet sequence
202 $from_msg # ICMP message
203 );
204
205 $self->{"seq"} = ($self->{"seq"} + 1) % 65536; # Increment sequence
206 $checksum = 0; # No checksum for starters
207 $msg = pack($icmp_struct . $self->{"data_size"}, $ICMP_ECHO, $subcode,
208 $checksum, $self->{"pid"}, $self->{"seq"}, $self->{"data"});
209 $checksum = Net::Ping->checksum($msg);
210 $msg = pack($icmp_struct . $self->{"data_size"}, $ICMP_ECHO, $subcode,
211 $checksum, $self->{"pid"}, $self->{"seq"}, $self->{"data"});
212 $len_msg = length($msg);
213 $saddr = sockaddr_in($port, $ip);
214 send($self->{"fh"}, $msg, $flags, $saddr); # Send the message
215
216 $rbits = "";
217 vec($rbits, $self->{"fh"}->fileno(), 1) = 1;
8e07c86e 218 $ret = 0;
a3b93737 219 $done = 0;
220 $finish_time = time() + $timeout; # Must be done by this time
221 while (!$done && $timeout > 0) # Keep trying if we have time
222 {
223 $nfound = select($rbits, undef, undef, $timeout); # Wait for packet
224 $timeout = $finish_time - time(); # Get remaining time
225 if (!defined($nfound)) # Hmm, a strange error
226 {
227 $ret = undef;
228 $done = 1;
229 }
230 elsif ($nfound) # Got a packet from somewhere
231 {
232 $recv_msg = "";
233 $from_saddr = recv($self->{"fh"}, $recv_msg, 1500, $flags);
234 ($from_port, $from_ip) = sockaddr_in($from_saddr);
235 ($from_type, $from_subcode, $from_chk,
236 $from_pid, $from_seq, $from_msg) =
237 unpack($icmp_struct . $self->{"data_size"},
238 substr($recv_msg, length($recv_msg) - $len_msg,
239 $len_msg));
240 if (($from_type == $ICMP_ECHOREPLY) &&
241 ($from_ip eq $ip) &&
242 ($from_pid == $self->{"pid"}) && # Does the packet check out?
243 ($from_seq == $self->{"seq"}))
244 {
245 $ret = 1; # It's a winner
246 $done = 1;
247 }
248 }
249 else # Oops, timed out
250 {
251 $done = 1;
252 }
253 }
254 return($ret)
255}
256
257# Description: Do a checksum on the message. Basically sum all of
258# the short words and fold the high order bits into the low order bits.
259
260sub checksum
261{
262 my ($class,
263 $msg # The message to checksum
264 ) = @_;
265 my ($len_msg, # Length of the message
266 $num_short, # The number of short words in the message
267 $short, # One short word
268 $chk # The checksum
269 );
270
271 $len_msg = length($msg);
272 $num_short = $len_msg / 2;
273 $chk = 0;
274 foreach $short (unpack("S$num_short", $msg))
275 {
276 $chk += $short;
277 } # Add the odd byte in
278 $chk += unpack("C", substr($msg, $len_msg - 1, 1)) if $len_msg % 2;
279 $chk = ($chk >> 16) + ($chk & 0xffff); # Fold high into low
280 return(~(($chk >> 16) + $chk) & 0xffff); # Again and complement
281}
282
283# Description: Perform a tcp echo ping. Since a tcp connection is
284# host specific, we have to open and close each connection here. We
285# can't just leave a socket open. Because of the robust nature of
286# tcp, it will take a while before it gives up trying to establish a
287# connection. Therefore, we have to set the alarm to break out of the
288# connection sooner if the timeout expires. No data bytes are actually
289# sent since the successful establishment of a connection is proof
290# enough of the reachability of the remote host. Also, tcp is
291# expensive and doesn't need our help to add to the overhead.
292
293sub ping_tcp
294{
295 my ($self,
296 $ip, # Packed IP number of the host
297 $timeout # Seconds after which ping times out
298 ) = @_;
299 my ($saddr, # sockaddr_in with port and ip
300 $ret # The return value
301 );
302
303 socket($self->{"fh"}, &PF_INET(), &SOCK_STREAM(), $self->{"proto_num"}) ||
304 croak("tcp socket error - $!");
305 $saddr = sockaddr_in($self->{"port_num"}, $ip);
306
307 $SIG{'ALRM'} = sub { die };
308 alarm($timeout); # Interrupt connect() if we have to
309
310 $ret = 0; # Default to unreachable
8e07c86e 311 eval <<'EOM' ;
a3b93737 312 return unless connect($self->{"fh"}, $saddr);
313 $ret = 1;
a0d0e21e 314EOM
a0d0e21e 315 alarm(0);
a3b93737 316 $self->{"fh"}->close();
317 return($ret);
318}
319
320# Description: Perform a udp echo ping. Construct a message of
321# at least the one-byte sequence number and any additional data bytes.
322# Send the message out and wait for a message to come back. If we
323# get a message, make sure all of its parts match. If they do, we are
324# done. Otherwise go back and wait for the message until we run out
325# of time. Return the result of our efforts.
326
327sub ping_udp
328{
329 my ($self,
330 $ip, # Packed IP number of the host
331 $timeout # Seconds after which ping times out
332 ) = @_;
333
334 my $flags = 0; # Nothing special on open
335
336 my ($saddr, # sockaddr_in with port and ip
337 $ret, # The return value
338 $msg, # Message to be echoed
339 $finish_time, # Time ping should be finished
340 $done, # Set to 1 when we are done pinging
341 $rbits, # Read bits, filehandles for reading
342 $nfound, # Number of ready filehandles found
343 $from_saddr, # sockaddr_in of sender
344 $from_msg, # Characters echoed by $host
345 $from_port, # Port message was echoed from
346 $from_ip # Packed IP number of sender
347 );
348
349 $saddr = sockaddr_in($self->{"port_num"}, $ip);
350 $self->{"seq"} = ($self->{"seq"} + 1) % 256; # Increment sequence
351 $msg = chr($self->{"seq"}) . $self->{"data"}; # Add data if any
352 send($self->{"fh"}, $msg, $flags, $saddr); # Send it
353
354 $rbits = "";
355 vec($rbits, $self->{"fh"}->fileno(), 1) = 1;
356 $ret = 0; # Default to unreachable
357 $done = 0;
358 $finish_time = time() + $timeout; # Ping needs to be done by then
359 while (!$done && $timeout > 0)
360 {
361 $nfound = select($rbits, undef, undef, $timeout); # Wait for response
362 $timeout = $finish_time - time(); # Get remaining time
363
364 if (!defined($nfound)) # Hmm, a strange error
365 {
366 $ret = undef;
367 $done = 1;
368 }
369 elsif ($nfound) # A packet is waiting
370 {
371 $from_msg = "";
372 $from_saddr = recv($self->{"fh"}, $from_msg, 1500, $flags);
373 ($from_port, $from_ip) = sockaddr_in($from_saddr);
374 if (($from_ip eq $ip) && # Does the packet check out?
375 ($from_port == $self->{"port_num"}) &&
376 ($from_msg eq $msg))
377 {
378 $ret = 1; # It's a winner
379 $done = 1;
380 }
381 }
382 else # Oops, timed out
383 {
384 $done = 1;
385 }
386 }
387 return($ret);
a0d0e21e 388}
389
a3b93737 390# Description: Close the connection unless we are using the tcp
391# protocol, since it will already be closed.
392
393sub close
394{
395 my ($self) = @_;
396
397 $self->{"fh"}->close() unless $self->{"proto"} eq "tcp";
398}
399
400
a0d0e21e 4011;
8e07c86e 402__END__
403
8e07c86e 404=head1 NAME
405
a3b93737 406Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
8e07c86e 407
408=head1 SYNOPSIS
409
410 use Net::Ping;
8e07c86e 411
a3b93737 412 $p = Net::Ping->new();
413 print "$host is alive.\n" if $p->ping($host);
414 $p->close();
415
416 $p = Net::Ping->new("icmp");
417 foreach $host (@host_array)
418 {
419 print "$host is ";
420 print "NOT " unless $p->ping($host, 2);
421 print "reachable.\n";
422 sleep(1);
423 }
424 $p->close();
3cb6de81 425
a3b93737 426 $p = Net::Ping->new("tcp", 2);
427 while ($stop_time > time())
428 {
429 print "$host not reachable ", scalar(localtime()), "\n"
430 unless $p->ping($host);
431 sleep(300);
432 }
433 undef($p);
3cb6de81 434
a3b93737 435 # For backward compatibility
436 print "$host is alive.\n" if pingecho($host);
8e07c86e 437
a3b93737 438=head1 DESCRIPTION
8e07c86e 439
a3b93737 440This module contains methods to test the reachability of remote
441hosts on a network. A ping object is first created with optional
442parameters, a variable number of hosts may be pinged multiple
443times and then the connection is closed.
444
4b19af01 445You may choose one of three different protocols to use for the
446ping. The "udp" protocol is the default. Note that a live remote host
447may still fail to be pingable by one or more of these protocols. For
448example, www.microsoft.com is generally alive but not pingable.
449
a3b93737 450With the "tcp" protocol the ping() method attempts to establish a
451connection to the remote host's echo port. If the connection is
452successfully established, the remote host is considered reachable. No
453data is actually echoed. This protocol does not require any special
454privileges but has higher overhead than the other two protocols.
455
456Specifying the "udp" protocol causes the ping() method to send a udp
457packet to the remote host's echo port. If the echoed packet is
458received from the remote host and the received packet contains the
459same data as the packet that was sent, the remote host is considered
460reachable. This protocol does not require any special privileges.
461
462If the "icmp" protocol is specified, the ping() method sends an icmp
463echo message to the remote host, which is what the UNIX ping program
464does. If the echoed message is received from the remote host and
465the echoed information is correct, the remote host is considered
466reachable. Specifying the "icmp" protocol requires that the program
467be run as root or that the program be setuid to root.
468
469=head2 Functions
470
471=over 4
472
473=item Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);
474
475Create a new ping object. All of the parameters are optional. $proto
476specifies the protocol to use when doing a ping. The current choices
477are "tcp", "udp" or "icmp". The default is "udp".
478
479If a default timeout ($def_timeout) in seconds is provided, it is used
480when a timeout is not given to the ping() method (below). The timeout
481must be greater than 0 and the default, if not specified, is 5 seconds.
482
483If the number of data bytes ($bytes) is given, that many data bytes
484are included in the ping packet sent to the remote host. The number of
485data bytes is ignored if the protocol is "tcp". The minimum (and
486default) number of data bytes is 1 if the protocol is "udp" and 0
487otherwise. The maximum number of data bytes that can be specified is
4881024.
489
490=item $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);
491
492Ping the remote host and wait for a response. $host can be either the
493hostname or the IP number of the remote host. The optional timeout
494must be greater than 0 seconds and defaults to whatever was specified
495when the ping object was created. If the hostname cannot be found or
496there is a problem with the IP number, undef is returned. Otherwise,
4971 is returned if the host is reachable and 0 if it is not. For all
498practical purposes, undef and 0 and can be treated as the same case.
499
500=item $p->close();
501
502Close the network connection for this ping object. The network
503connection is also closed by "undef $p". The network connection is
504automatically closed if the ping object goes out of scope (e.g. $p is
505local to a subroutine and you leave the subroutine).
506
507=item pingecho($host [, $timeout]);
508
509To provide backward compatibility with the previous version of
510Net::Ping, a pingecho() subroutine is available with the same
511functionality as before. pingecho() uses the tcp protocol. The
512return values and parameters are the same as described for the ping()
513method. This subroutine is obsolete and may be removed in a future
514version of Net::Ping.
8e07c86e 515
a3b93737 516=back
8e07c86e 517
a3b93737 518=head1 WARNING
8e07c86e 519
a3b93737 520pingecho() or a ping object with the tcp protocol use alarm() to
521implement the timeout. So, don't use alarm() in your program while
522you are using pingecho() or a ping object with the tcp protocol. The
523udp and icmp protocols do not use alarm() to implement the timeout.
8e07c86e 524
a3b93737 525=head1 NOTES
8e07c86e 526
a3b93737 527There will be less network overhead (and some efficiency in your
528program) if you specify either the udp or the icmp protocol. The tcp
529protocol will generate 2.5 times or more traffic for each ping than
530either udp or icmp. If many hosts are pinged frequently, you may wish
531to implement a small wait (e.g. 25ms or more) between each ping to
532avoid flooding your network with packets.
8e07c86e 533
a3b93737 534The icmp protocol requires that the program be run as root or that it
535be setuid to root. The tcp and udp protocols do not require special
536privileges, but not all network devices implement the echo protocol
537for tcp or udp.
8e07c86e 538
a3b93737 539Local hosts should normally respond to pings within milliseconds.
540However, on a very congested network it may take up to 3 seconds or
541longer to receive an echo packet from the remote host. If the timeout
542is set too low under these conditions, it will appear that the remote
543host is not reachable (which is almost the truth).
8e07c86e 544
a3b93737 545Reachability doesn't necessarily mean that the remote host is actually
546functioning beyond its ability to echo packets.
8e07c86e 547
a3b93737 548Because of a lack of anything better, this module uses its own
549routines to pack and unpack ICMP packets. It would be better for a
550separate module to be written which understands all of the different
551kinds of ICMP packets.
8e07c86e 552
a3b93737 553=cut