---
name: "inject_alive6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/inject_alive6"
---

# inject\_alive6(8)

## NAME

**inject\_alive6**

## SYNOPSIS

inject\_alive6 \[-ap\] interface

This tool answers to keep-alive requests on PPPoE and 6in4 tunnels; for PPPoE it also sends keep-alive requests. Note that the appropriate environment variable THC\_IPV6\_{PPPOE\|6IN4} must be set Option -a will actively send alive requests every 15 seconds. Option -p will not send replies to alive requests.

## 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

inject\_alive6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6