Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422636AbWBAPjc (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:39:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161095AbWBAPjc (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:39:32 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:13469 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161094AbWBAPjb (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:39:31 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:39:20 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Juerg Billeter cc: Joerg Schilling , mrmacman_g4@mac.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James@superbug.co.uk, acahalan@gmail.com Subject: [OT] Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) In-Reply-To: <1138710764.17338.47.camel@juerg-t40p.bitron.ch> Message-ID: References: <787b0d920601241858w375a42efnc780f74b5c05e5d0@mail.gmail.com> <43D7A7F4.nailDE92K7TJI@burner> <8614E822-9ED1-4CB1-B8F0-7571D1A7767E@mac.com> <43D7B1E7.nailDFJ9MUZ5G@burner> <20060125230850.GA2137@merlin.emma.line.org> <43D8C04F.nailE1C2X9KNC@burner> <200 <43DDFBFF.nail16Z3N3C0M@burner> <1138642683.7404.31.camel@juerg-pd.bitron.ch> <43DF3C3A.nail2RF112LAB@burner> <1138710764.17338.47.camel@juerg-t40p.bitron.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1068 Lines: 23 >> Users like to be able to get a list of posible targets for a single protocol. >> Nobody would ever think about trying to prevent people from getting a unified >> view on the list possible hosts that talk TCP/IP. What cdrecord does with >> -scanbus is nothing really different. > >Well, please show me how to get the list of all possible hosts that talk >TCP/IP and are directly or indirectly connected to my computer. As my >computer is attached to the internet, the list would get pretty long... >And even if only considering hosts in the local network, how do you get >a unified view of all TCP/IP hosts conected to any of my two network >adapters? > For direct connections (0 hop inbetween), spew pings around the local network, look into the ARP table and try to TCP-connect to everyone listed. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/