Package:  NetTools

Author: TomW 

Latest Version:  1.1

Geeklog Version:  1.3.10

Release Date:  09-2003

Package Type:  Plugin

Description:

The NetTools plugin makes some basic network tools available in the Geeklog framework.  It consists of 4 tools:  Whois, NSLookup, Ping and TraceRoute.  The Whois implementation is based on the GPL phpWhois 3.05. 

There are five pages of interest to the user of this plugin:

• nettools.php A general page giving access to all of the tools the user has access to.
• whois.php Like all the tool pages it handles both input and output.  If called directly it presents a form to enter in an address or domain to lookup.  If called with variables it presents the result of the query.
• nslookup.php Does a simple nslookup of an ip or domain name.  As a bonus, if run on a linux server, it will also display the Mail (MX) record if it is available.
  
• ping.php Pings an address or website.  By default it only pings 4 times.  The ping page waits until the external ping command returns, before displaying anything.  (Note:  unlike normal php pages a php page waiting for an external command will wait forever for command to return).
• tracert.php Displays the route to a website or address.  It behaves like the ping page since it also calls an external command.
  
  All of these pages reside in the nettools directory under public_html.
  
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Last Updated Friday, October 01 2004 @ 02:49 PM EDT