Linux: How to monitor incoming pings

Question

Can I somehow monitor incoming pings on a Linux machine? netcat doesn't seem to support that.

Solution 1

You can use tcpdump ip proto \\icmp to monitor incoming pings (ICMP echo requests)

Solution 2

You could setup a rule in iptables that logs icmp packets.

Solution 3

If you want something nicer than tcpdump (GUI and stuff), you can try with Wireshark.

Comments

[George Pligoropoulos]

works in macos as well. you might need to use sudo