sffcheck

sffcheck

This program checks Fip-type network connections

There are several different options:
    - no input switch : test all connections specified in sys/CHECK.FIP

Input switch : please specify only one
    -h :    help - shows available options
    -r :    test all REDUN connections
    -d :    test all DEST_REDUN connections and show primary servers
    -D :    show only DEST_REDUN primary servers
    -b :    test all BALANCE connections
    -B :    speed check - check throughput between two servers using BALANCE

For the first 3 options, the hostname and port are resolved (unless the -R do
NOT resolve is also specified), connected to and a small handshake takes place
to check if the relevant program on the remote server is running.

For the last option, a parameter file is used to specify which
connections/hosts to test - default is tables/sys/CHECK.FIP

In each case hostname can be the name or IP address of the server

Syntax
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    fipnet:(hostname) [(optional port)]
        Check ip2net/ipxnet connection to port 9001

    balance:(hostname) [(optional port)]
        Check ipbalan/ipsvrd connection to port 9140

    w4:(hostname) [(optional port)]
        Check w4 web wires connection to port 80

    w4s:(hostname) [(optional port)]
        Check w4 web wires secure connection to port 443
        ** only of SSL is functional on your system

    formd:(hostname) [(optional port)]
        Check sffsvrd connection to port 80

    smtp:(hostname) [(optional port)]
        Check smtp connection to port 25

    tcp:(hostname) (port)
        Check raw tcp connection to port specified

    udp:(hostname) (port)
        Check raw udp connection to port specified

    http:(hostname) [(optional port)]
        Check default apache/IIS connection to port 80

    https:(hostname) [(optional port)]
        Check default apache/IIS secure connection to port 443
        ** only of SSL is functional on your system

    http-proxy-host: Hostname of Proxy HTTP server. default: direct connection
    http-proxy-port: Port Number of Proxy server.   default: direct connection

    proxy-is-squid: (yes/no) Use squid style HTTP syntax for traversing a
squid-like proxy server default: no

    http-proxy-logon: This is the logon and password to get thru the firewall
        if required. The format is (logon) (colon) (password) and is
        converted to base 64.
        http-proxy-logon:Y2hyaXMuaHVnaGpvbmVzOnBhbnRoZXIK=

        To generate (use 'type' on Winnt and just 'echo' for other Unix) :
            echo -n "logon:password" | sffb64 -i
        eg  echo -n "chris:sleekpanther" | sffb64 -i
        gives   Y2hyaXM6c2xlZWtwYW50aGVy
            http-proxy-logon:Y2hyaXM6c2xlZWtwYW50aGVy=

    http-header: Extra header information in FipSeq
        default: http-header:Accept: * / *\nAccept-Language: en\nUser-Agent: Fippo
(webwire)\n

    ssl-method: (1,2,3,23,999)
        Version number to use for TLS/SSL       default: 999 for current default (2 or 3)
    ssl-password: (password)
    ssl-passwd: (password)                default: none
        Optional password if the handshake requires a shared secret
    ssl-cert: (name of a PEM certificate file)      default: none
    ssl-root-cert: (name of a root PEM certificate file)    defaunt: none
        Optional certificates - held in tables/ssl

Input Parameters are :
All are Optional
    -b : list and test all hosts in sys/BALANCE default: no
    -B : Remote BALANCE hostname to test        default: no
        This option tests the speed of a connection by sending X files of Y bytes to
this host
        by default X is 100 (files) unless modified by -t (no of files)
            Y is 10000 (bytes) unless modified by -T (filesize)
    -c : Timeout for TCP connections (balance etc)  default: 4 secs
    -C : Timeout for UDP connections (redun etc)    default: 4 secs
    -d : list and resolve all hosts in sys/DEST_REDUN default: no
        and check primaries
    -D : check which servers are primary in  DEST_REDUN default: no
    -h : help and stop
    -o : output file for results            default: none
    -r : list and resolve all hosts in sys/REDUN    default: no
    -R : do NOT resolve hostsnames via DNS      default: resolve
    -t : Number of files to send for the BALANCE speed test default: 100
    -T : Size of file in bytes to send for the BALANCE speed test   default: 10000
    -y : no of retries for TCP connections      default: 3
    -Y : no of retries for UDP connections      default: 3
    -z : Parameter file             default: sys/CHECK.FIP
    -v : print version no and exit

Version Control
;0i1-12  7nov12 chj added -B -t -T ;10 5nov24 added pseudo-host to balance ;11
bal_auth ++sffcheckssl only++
;0h8     7apr08 chj original version ;6 8jan10 ssl redo

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