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INSTALL
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INSTALL
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@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/Attic/INSTALL,v 1.42.1.1 1999-10-07 23:46:40 mcr Exp $ (LBL)
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@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/Attic/INSTALL,v 1.42.1.1.2.1 2000-06-11 16:39:20 mcr Exp $ (LBL)
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To build libpcap, first customize any paths in Makefile.in, then run
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"./configure" (a shell script). The configure script will determine
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@ -172,16 +172,16 @@ application. Also, packet timestamps aren't very good. This appears to
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be due to haphazard handling of the timestamp in the kernel.
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Note well: there is rumoured to be a version of tcpdump floating around
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called 3.0.3 that includes libpcap and is supposed to support Linux.
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called 3.0.3 that includes libpcap and is supposed to support Linux.
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You should be advised that the Network Research Group at LBNL never
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generated a release with this version number. We note with interest
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that a standard cracker trick to get people to install trojans is to
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distribute bogus packages that have a version number higher than the
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current release. We also note with annoyance that 90% of the Linux
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related bug reports we get are due to changes made to unofficial
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versions of our page. If you are having trouble but aren't using a
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version that came from ftp.ee.lbl.gov, please try that before
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submitting a bug report!
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generated a release with this version number. The LBNL Network Research
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Group notes with interest that a standard cracker trick to get people to
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install trojans is to distribute bogus packages that have a version
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number higher than the current release. They also noted with annoyance
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that 90% of the Linux related bug reports they got are due to changes
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made to unofficial versions of their page. If you are having trouble
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but aren't using a version that came from tcpdump.org, please try that
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before submitting a bug report!
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If you use AIX, you may not be able to build libpcap from this release.
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Although AIX 4 ships with tcpdump, it is an old version that predates
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README
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README
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@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/README,v 1.18.1.1 1999-10-07 23:46:40 mcr Exp $ (LBL)
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@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/README,v 1.18.1.1.2.1 2000-06-11 16:39:20 mcr Exp $ (LBL)
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LIBPCAP 0.4
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Network Research Group
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libpcap@ee.lbl.gov
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ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcap.tar.Z
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LIBPCAP 0.5
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Now maintained by "The Tcpdump Group"
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Send patches to patches@tcpdump.org
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See www.tcpdump.org
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formerly from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Network Research Group <libpcap@ee.lbl.gov>
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ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcap.tar.Z (0.4)
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This directory contains source code for libpcap, a system-independent
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interface for user-level packet capture. libpcap provides a portable
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would translate BPF filters into a filter program that is compatible
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with the underlying kernel subsystem, but this is not yet implemented.
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BPF is standard in 4.4BSD, BSD/386, NetBSD, and FreeBSD. DEC OSF/1
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BPF is standard in 4.4BSD, BSD/OS, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. DEC OSF/1
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uses the packetfilter interface but has been extended to accept BPF
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filters (which libpcap utilizes). Also, you can add BPF filter support
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to Ultrix using the kernel source and/or object patches available in:
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Problems, bugs, questions, desirable enhancements, source code
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contributions, etc., should be sent to the email address
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"libpcap@ee.lbl.gov".
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"patches@tcpdump.org".
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- Steve McCanne
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Craig Leres
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Van Jacobson
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pcap.3
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pcap.3
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.I netmask
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specifies the netmask of the local net.
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.PP
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.B pcap_compile_nopcap()
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is similar to
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.B pcap_compile()
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except that instead of passing a pcap structure, one passes the
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snaplen and linktype explicitly. It is intended to be used for
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compiling filters for direct bpf usage, without necessarily having
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called
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.BR pcap_open() .
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.PP
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.B pcap_setfilter()
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is used to specify a filter program.
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.I fp
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@ -331,10 +340,10 @@ Craig Leres and
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Steven McCanne, all of the
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
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.LP
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The current version is available via anonymous ftp:
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The current version is available from "The Tcpdump Group"'s Web site at
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.LP
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.RS
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.I ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcap.tar.Z
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.I http://www.tcpdump.org/
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.RE
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.SH BUGS
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Please send bug reports to libpcap@ee.lbl.gov.
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Please send bug reports to patches@tcpdump.org.
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