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diff --git a/man/trafgen.8 b/man/trafgen.8 index 9c88290..80c1359 100644 --- a/man/trafgen.8 +++ b/man/trafgen.8 @@ -68,10 +68,12 @@ given scenario. .SH OPTIONS .SS -i <cfg|->, -c <cfg|i>, --in <cfg|->, --conf <cfg|-> -TODO +Defines the input configuration file that can either be passed as a normal plain +text file or via stdin (``-''). Note that currently in case a configuration is +passed through stdin, only 1 CPU will be used. .SS -o <dev>, -d <dev>, --out <dev>, --dev <dev> -TODO +Defines the outgoing networking device such as eth0, wlan0 and others. .SS -p, --cpp Pass the packet configuration to @@ -90,7 +92,17 @@ will be transmitting on instead of wlan<X>, for instance. This enables trafgen to inject raw 802.11 frames. .SS -s <ipv4>, --smoke-test <ipv4> -TODO +In case this option is enabled, trafgen will perform a smoke test. In other +words, it will probe the remote end, specified by an <ipv4> address, that is +being ``attacked'' with trafgen network traffic, if it is still alive and +responsive. That means, after each transmitted packet that has been configured, +trafgen sends out ICMP echo requests and waits for an answer before it continues. +In case the remote end stays unresponsive, trafgen assumes that the machine +has crashed and will print out the content of the last packet as a trafgen +packet configuration and the random seed that has been used in order to +reproduce a possible bug. This might be useful when testing proprietary embedded +devices. It is recommended to have a direct link between the host running +trafgen and the host being attacked by trafgen. .SS -n <0|uint>, --num <0|uint> Process a number of packets and then exit. If the number of packets is 0, then |