leaktest(8) -- try to produce a leak
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## SYNOPSIS

leaktest

## DESCRIPTION

Anon-Workstation specific leaktest.

Advanced users, developers and auditors only!

Runs the leak tests /usr/libexec/helper-scripts/leak-tests/exhaustive_ip_send.py,
/usr/libexec/helper-scripts/leak-tests/tcp_test.py and
/usr/libexec/helper-scripts/leak-tests/udp_test.py.

There are other leak tests as well, please refer to the online
documentation.

## RETURN VALUES

Return codes do not implicate the existence or absence of leaks!
Returns 0, if no script error has been caught, otherwise returns 1.
Please report a bug in case you catch return value 1.

## HOW TO INTERPRET THE RESULT

It requires a background on basic networking, which is unfortunately outside
the scope of this man page and documentation. Online
documentation pages LeakTests and LeakTestsOld contain hints for
interpretation and other leak tests.

## WWW

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Leak_Tests

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Leak_Tests_Old

## AUTHOR

This man page has been written by Patrick Schleizer (adrelanos@whonix.org).
