Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:33:53 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports libpcap Message-ID: <6E4AF352D7C71F78671403BB@utd49554.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <44brb4m5xo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <7592B03796CF6306CA59FEE3@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <44brb4m5xo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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--On Tuesday, February 01, 2005 02:33:07 PM -0500 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> writes: > >> I just discovered that there is a port of libpcap. Does anybody know >> if it performs better than the pcap that comes with FreeBSD? > > Why? Are you having problems with it? > No. I was testing ntop and the port offers the option of installing the ports version of libpcap, so I thought I'd ask. > The reason there is a port at all is to support people who might be > looking for more recent features than the version in the tree. > At the moment, I'm not sure there are any significant differences; > speed won't be different, though. Thanks. That's what I was wondering. I read the pkg-message file and the pkg-descr file, so I knew it had additional features, but there was no mention of speed improvements. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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