The utility ProxyPing is a simple tool to ping servers behind a firewall that will not let ICMP packages
through. It provides a HTTP server answering to ping requests and returning the ping delay as a HTTP text result. The
tool will have to be deployed on a server behind the firewall that can be reached by a configurable TCP
connection (defaulting to port TCP 6666).
Suppose the tool is deployed on server my.proxy.behind.wall and the server to be pinged is called some.other.server
the required HTTP query will have to look like this:
http://my.proxy.behind.wall/api/ping?host=some.other.server
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| Status | Main | Release |
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Note: The vulnerability status is derived from the Python PIP packages found in requirements.txt.
So far, ProxyPing has only been released as a Debian package. For other non-Debian based distributions
there is some basic support using a generic installation script.
| Distribution | Version | Architecture | Comments | Most Recent Test |
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| Debian | debian/sid | amd64 | 2021-02-13 |
This guide will take you through the steps required to install, configure, and run the ProxyPing application
on your system.
The application is available as a Debian package
from the release directory at SourceForge.
The latest build is available from the main
directory. Install it as you would install any other Debian package with
dpkg -i PACKAGE.deb
apt-get install -f
Note that the second command is required to install missing dependencies since dpkg does not run a dependency check.
Instead, it will return with an error which will then be "fixed" by apt-get.
After installation use
systemctl start proxy-ping
to start the application right away. The application will successfully start up provided that the default port 6666 is available on the host.
The application is configured using the file /etc/proxy-ping.config.
The default values should work for most contexts. This will bring up the server on port 6666.