Re: ncat broadcast support?

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 07:15:17PM +0200, Luis MartinGarcia wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> I've done a quick test on Windows using and old version of Nping to
> generate UDP packets to addresses like 192.255.255.255 and I can
> confirm it works fine. Note that the version I'm using is old and does
> no SO_BROADCAST setsockopt at all. So yes, it looks like windows does
> allow targeting broadcast addresses even if you don't set SO_BROADCAST
> on the socket.
>
>
> Luis MartinGarcia.
>
> PS: MSDN documentation talks about SO_BROADCAST ("SO_BROADCAST, BOOL,
> Enables transmission and receipt of broadcast messages on the
> socket.") but does not mention whether it is set by default or not.
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms740476%28VS.85%29.aspx>

What happens if you getsockopt(SO_BROADCAST) on Windows? That would
check if it's set by default.

David Fifield
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