Re: MSG_ERRQUEUE in socket recvmsg ?

Hi!

> > there's a tool called tracepath (similar to traceroute) and some
> > implementation in python:
> > https://github.com/keiichishima/pytracepath

> > It depends on recv(2) having some MSG_ERRQUEUE flag.

> It looks like pytracepath not only uses that non-standard flag to enable
> reporting of errors for some optional purpose, but relies on the specific
> format of those errors, such as the embedded IP addresses, to implement its
> core functionality.
> 
> That tool is completely locked into Linux.

Yes, I'm aware. But maybe someone is working on some MSG_ERRQUEUE ?

> FreeBSD's traceroute is implemented using raw sockets instead.

Yes, this forces it to have a root s-bit.

I've found a python traceroute code:

https://github.com/mihika09/Python-Traceroute

and will have a look at that.

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