Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1576 - omping bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

omping bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated omping package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available as a Technology Preview for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Open Multicast Ping (omping) is a tool for testing IP multicast functionality, primarily on a LAN (local area network). It allows users to test multicast and receive sufficient information to detect whether a potential problem exists in the network configuration, or lies elsewhere, as might be the case with a bug.

The omping package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.0.4, which provides a number of bug fixes and the following enhancements:

  • support for Source Specific Multicast (SSM);

  • support for broadcast;

  • single node mode, which allows users to detect a misconfigured local firewall;

  • more precise and rich statistics;

  • rate limiting;

  • duplicate packet detection. (BZ#696747)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated omping package, which resolves these bugs and adds these enhancements. Note that this package is included as a Technology Preview.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_646x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_646i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_646x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_646i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386

Updated Packages

  • omping-debuginfo-0.0.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • omping-0.0.4-1.el6.src.rpm
  • omping-0.0.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • omping-0.0.4-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • omping-debuginfo-0.0.4-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information