---
name: "fuzz_dhcps6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fuzz_dhcps6"
---

# fuzz\_dhcps6(8)

## NAME

**fuzz\_dhcps6**

## SYNOPSIS

fuzz\_dhcps6 \[-t number \| -T number\] \[-e number \| -T number\] \[-p number\] \[-md\] \[-1\|-2\|-3\|-4\|-5\|-6\|-7\|-8\] interface \[domain-name\]

## OPTIONS

```
 -1         fuzz DHCPv6 Solicit (default)
 -2         fuzz DHCPv6 Request
 -3         fuzz DHCPv6 Confirm
 -4         fuzz DHCPv6 Renew
 -5         fuzz DHCPv6 Rebind
 -6         fuzz DHCPv6 Release
 -7         fuzz DHCPv6 Decline
 -8         fuzz DHCPv6 Information Request
 -m         fuzz the message type as well
 -t number  continue from test no. number
 -e number  continue to test no. number
 -T number  only performs test no. number
 -n number  how many times to send each packet (default: 1)
 -f         spoof mac
 -F         spoof link address
 -w sec     wait number of seconds between packets (default: 0)
 -p number  perform an alive check every number of tests (default: none)
 -d         Use -d to force DNS updates, you can specify a domain name on the commandline.
Fuzzes a DHCPv6 packets to a server
You can only define one of -0 ... -4 types, defaults to -1.
Returns -1 on error, 0 on tests done and targt alive or 1 on target crash.
```

## 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

fuzz\_dhcps6 3.8 (c) 2020 by Brandon Hutcheson, Graeme Neilson and Ryan Ko www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6