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## Re: Raw sockets

  Forum: The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide
  Re: How can I use RAW SOCKETS in UNIX? (Rami)
  Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 13:15:33 GMT
  From: <genie@risq.belcaf.minsk.by>

To use RAW sockets in Unix it it mandatory that one be a root . To create RAW socket just write: s=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_RAW,<protocol>). Then you can do anything you want with it (sending, receiving). However you have to perform all necessary operations, according to the protocol you use (create headers (IP+TCP(UDP,ICMP,...)) and make all neccessary negotiations (TCP: SYN->ACK->....RST....ACK....).