Pongo

Get message from future using icmp ping

Contents

• Introduction
• Screenshots
• Usage
  • Docker (Run and Compose)
  • Standalone Binaries
• Build and Run Locally
• Contributing
• Acknowledgement
• Authors
• License

Introduction

• A Proof-of-concept program which forges timestamp in icmp ping packets and makes it appear from far into the future (approx 17000 days in future) but the ping times remain normal.
  
• Currently only tested on Linux but should work on macOS

Screenshots

Ping times	Pongo Reply Log

Usage

• Before using pongo run sudo sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=1 to ignore system ping replies
• Pongo can be used in the following ways:

Docker

1. Docker Run

   1. To automatically install & run pongo, simply run:

      docker run -d \
      --name=pongo \
      --net=host \
      --restart unless-stopped \
      coolfool/pongo
      

   2. Logs can be found using

      docker container logs pongo
      

2. Docker Compose

   1. Download docker-compose.yml
   2. Execute the following command in the same directory

      docker-compose up -d
      

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Standalone Binaries

1. Download the binary for your platform from Releases section
2. Extract the archive
3. Run sudo setcap cap_net_raw=ep ./pongo to give cap_net_raw abilities to the program
4. Run the binary according to your os
   • For linux

     sudo ./pongo 
     

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Build and Run Locally

1. Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/CoolFool/pongo

2. Go to the project directory

  cd pongo

3. Build pongo

  go build -o pongo ./cmd/pongo

4. Run sudo setcap cap_net_raw=ep ./pongo to give cap_net_raw abilities to the program

5. Execute pongo according to your platform

• For linux

  sudo ./pongo 

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Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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Acknowledgement

• @m_ou_se - For her research into tampering with ICMP Ping Timestamp
• darkcoding - For his resources on using sockets with golang

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Authors

• @coolfool

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License

MIT

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