These NIKHEF network tools are excellent compared to most versions
encountered.
Sadly, the author and maintainer of this code, Eric Wassenaar, died in
April 2000. This assessment is based on the content of the messages
ncluded below.
The code now residing in the 'nikhef_mirror' directory was obtained
from ftp://ftp.nikhef.nl/pub/network prior to its removal after Eric's
The directory 'linux_patches' contains patches for ping and traceroute
The 'host' code is now being maintained by Greg A. Woods and is
available at:
http://www.weird.com/~woods/projects/host.html
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To: Reseaux IP Europeens <ripe-list@localhost>, [...]
From: RIPE Hostcount Maintainer <hostcount@localhost>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:49:26 +0200
Subject: RIPE Region Hostcount for March 2000
Dear All,
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This month's hostcount is dedicated to Eric Wassenaar, who
was sadly killed in a traffic accident recently. Eric was
the maintainer of the host tool which we use to perform the
hostcount, and has helped us numerous times in the past in
this context.
We thank you Eric.
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Below is the hostcount for March 2000.
[...]
Lee Wilmot
RIPE NCC
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From: Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.Com (Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer)
Subject: Re: snoop and network-interface transfer speed
Date: 18 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT
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References: <391FCAD4.4AF6F4D2@int.tele.dk>
<8foht1$eli$1@new-usenet.uk.sun.com> <391FE749.FEB930F@int.tele.dk>
<8fortb$if3$1@new-usenet.uk.sun.com> <8fou5m$48n$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
<8fp6h5$eli$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <1rpuqn5xrm.fsf@haey.ifi.uio.no>
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Kjetil Torgrim Homme <kjetilho@haey.ifi.uio.no> writes:
>The collision rate means NOTHING. Look for packet loss instead.
>Install the ping from nikhef[1], it has a nice Cisco-style ping.
>[1] By Eric Wassenaar <URL:http://www.nikhef.nl/user/e07/>
Eric Wassenaar was killed in an accident on April 10th. His user
account/webpages were subsequently removed.
You can still find Eric's ping on ftp.nikhef.nl.
I do not know who inherited these tools.
Casper
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Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.
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