Proposal:

	Integrate fping into Solaris

Details:

	fping is a ping like program which uses the Internet Control Message
	Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a host is up. fping is 
	different from ping in that you can specify any number of hosts on 
	the command line, or specify a file containing the lists of hosts to 
	ping. 
	Unlike ping, fping is meant to be used in scripts and its output 
	is easy to parse.

	Instead of trying one host until it timeouts or replies, fping 
	will send out a ping packet and move on to the next host in a round-
	robin fashion. If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the 
	list of hosts to check. If a host does not respond within a certain 
	time limit and/or retry limit it will be considered unreachable.

 	Fping has been developed and maintained by Roland Schemers, 
	RL "Bob" Morgan, David Papp and Thomas Dzubin - webpage 
	http://fping.sourceforge.net. 

	The current version of fping is 2.4b2_to-ipv6 (01/16/2002).

Exported Interfaces:

	SUNWfping		Uncommitted			Package name
	/usr/bin/fping		Committed			Executable location
	fping			Uncommitted			Commandline syntax
	fping output		Uncommitted
    
Doc Impact:

	New man page: fping.1M (see case directory).  This is an enhanced
	version of the distribution's fping.8 with examples of the output
	and removal of any setuid references.

    
Security Impact:

	The utility requires net_icmpaccess to run.

References:
[1] http://fping.sourceforge.net/ - Home page

[2] 6636635 Integrate fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6 into Solaris