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+/*
+  PIM for Quagga
+  Copyright (C) 2008  Everton da Silva Marques
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+  General Public License for more details.
+  
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; see the file COPYING; if not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+  MA 02110-1301 USA
+  
+  $QuaggaId: $Format:%an, %ai, %h$ $
+*/
+
+#ifndef PIM_SSMPINGD_H
+#define PIM_SSMPINGD_H
+
+#include <zebra.h>
+
+#include "if.h"
+
+#include "pim_iface.h"
+
+struct ssmpingd_sock {
+  int            sock_fd;     /* socket */
+  struct thread *t_sock_read; /* thread for reading socket */
+  struct in_addr source;      /* source address */
+  int64_t        creation;    /* timestamp of socket creation */
+  int64_t        requests;    /* counter */
+};
+
+void pim_ssmpingd_init(void);
+void pim_ssmpingd_destroy(void);
+int pim_ssmpingd_start(struct in_addr source_addr);
+int pim_ssmpingd_stop(struct in_addr source_addr);
+
+#endif /* PIM_SSMPINGD_H */