>> on the flip side, that's good, but not quite enough.  i can't specify
>> tcp data (or arbitrary ip packet data) on the command line.
>
>Huh?  Surely you can write a little wrapper program that would allow you
>do to that.  Surely everything doesn't have to be in one tool!  ;-)

sure, i can, but i imagined that by now there'd be another tool that
did it better.  sort of like how i used to use strobe, but then found
nmap.  otoh, nmap was rather crude when i first heard about it, but
now it's quite good.

>> i was just wondering if there was something better, besides the use of
>> ipsend with a configuration file.
>
>I'd suggest writting yourself a little wrapper shell script.....

i think i'll finish what i started.

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