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Ping! Are you there?

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Ping! Are you there?
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Trying to understand ping is a good excuse for a dive into the networking stack! We'll break down what all the acronyms (IPv4, TCP, ICMP) mean and then see how they're used in the ping utility. I'll talk about how the implementation of ping can lead to security problems.