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Subject: Re: InetAddress.isReachable() ?
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 21:47:12 -0400
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On 10/29/2020 4:23 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> I'm not sure why Java has the privilege issue with 
> InetAddress.isReachable() but it does.

Someone thought that use of ICMP in Linux should
require privs.

The ping executable is rws while the java
executable is rwx.

Arne