Column ping
Source ping -s $CANARY_SERVER
Description
Each client that is running the canary monitor will do a ping -s back to the central canary server. The central server is defined in /var/tmp/canary/probe/canary_env.sh in the variable $CANARY_SERVER.
Caveats

srtdate_ping: 20041027100533	JST "ping -s DATA_SERVER 56 3"
PING ituda02.central: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from ituda02.Central.Sun.COM (129.147.132.92): icmp_seq=0. time=169. ms
64 bytes from ituda02.Central.Sun.COM (129.147.132.92): icmp_seq=1. time=172. ms
64 bytes from ituda02.Central.Sun.COM (129.147.132.92): icmp_seq=2. time=170. ms
----ituda02.central PING Statistics----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 169/170/172
enddate_ping: 20041027100533	JST