From f90f9df1d09e12ba64e9401530684d5a36220ad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kali <kali@leap.se>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:17:56 +0900
Subject: todo about ping_gateway function

---
 src/leap/base/checks.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/leap/base')

diff --git a/src/leap/base/checks.py b/src/leap/base/checks.py
index c7839548..4d4a5d8b 100644
--- a/src/leap/base/checks.py
+++ b/src/leap/base/checks.py
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ class LeapNetworkChecker(object):
         # -- is it a valid ip? (there's something in util)
         # -- is it a domain?
         # -- can we resolve? -- raise NoDNSError if not.
+
+        # XXX -- needs review!
+        # We cannout use this ping implementation; it needs root.
+        # We need to look for another, poors-man implementation
+        # or wrap around system traceroute (using sh module, fi)
+        # -- kali
         packet_loss = ping.quiet_ping(gateway)[0]
         if packet_loss > constants.MAX_ICMP_PACKET_LOSS:
             raise exceptions.NoConnectionToGateway
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