raw sockets?

What is raw sockets?

And how do I work with them, how do I send and how do I recv?


Thanks.

a raw socket allows instead of the operating system deciding and managing tcp, udp, icmp or other protocols, you will manage them yourself. this means you have a lot more power and can use the protocol directly and do many more things (including evil ones ; ) ) a sample program is ping which needs to take direct advantage of creating and sending icmp packets to work. it uses a raw socket for this.

good tutorial: http://fsix.net/files/raw_socket.txt

Thanks alot, I've been looking for a good tutorial on the subject.

But what about the Data Link, does the raw socket control this layer as well, or is it just riding it?

If so, how can I control this layer?


Thanks again.