Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:39:20 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | [OT] Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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>> 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.
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