From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 14 11:38:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA18904 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:38:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA18896 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:38:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA04024; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 14:38:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 14:38:11 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9601141938.AA04024@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Sean T. Lamont" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Question for someone with FreeBSD kernel familiarity: In-Reply-To: <9601130200.AA16017@zebu.serv.net> References: <9601130200.AA16017@zebu.serv.net> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk < said: > I have need for my FreeBSD system to monitor traffic over the local ethernet > for auditing purposes, not necessarily just towards the FreeBSD system but > towards other systems on the local network. This is a job for the Berkeley Packet Filter. See the bpf(4) and tcpdump(1) man pages for more information. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant