---
name: "covert_send6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/covert_send6"
---

# covert\_send6(8)

## NAME

**covert\_send6**

## SYNOPSIS

covert\_send6 \[-m mtu\] \[-k key\] \[-s resend\] interface target file \[port\]

## OPTIONS

```
  -m mtu     specifies the maximum MTU (default: interface MTU, min: 1000)
  -k key     encrypt the content with Blowfish-160
  -s resend  send each packet RESEND number of times, default: 1
Sends the content of FILE covertly to the target, And its POC - don't except
too much sophistication - its just put into the destination header.
```

## AUTHOR

thc-ipv6 was written by van Hauser \<vh@thc.org\> / THC

The homepage for this toolkit is: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

## COPYRIGHT

covert\_send6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6