Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 13:56:28 +0200 (CEST) From: Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de (Matthias Apitz) To: Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com (Don Lewis) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, lc001@yahoo.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions about Packet Filter Message-ID: <199805211156.NAA00271@hunter.softcon.de> In-Reply-To: <199805210904.CAA03371@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> from Don Lewis at "May 21, 98 02:04:35 am"
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Don Lewis wrote:
On May 20, 11:45am, Mike Smith wrote:
} Subject: Re: Questions about Packet Filter
}
} > 2. Solaris seems having a similar soft-driver called "Network
} > Interface Tap". Anybody use that before? Can it monitoring both
} > incoming and outgoing packages?
}
} Yes.
SunOS 4.x NIT can only look at inbound packets. This is a pain because if
you have only one Sun, you can't examine both sides of the conversation.
In Solaris 2.x the equivalent feature is called Data Link Provider Interface.
I don't know whether it has the same limitation.
On SVR4.x the DLPI has this limitation too.
matthias
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