Hi, On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 4:04 AM, Guan Xin <guanx....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Excuse me, I searched but didn't find an answer -- > > What's the purpose of setting a limit to the "-i" and "-l" parameters > of ping for non-root users? > > It seems that this is only intended to prevent accidental misuse > because these restrictions can be easily worked around by starting > multiple instances or wrapping the program in a loop, e.g., > while true; do ping -l3 -c3 192.168.0.1; done >
I think the purpose of "-i" is not for rate limit, but for either hear beating or monitoring latency periodically. Thanks.
