Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 15:38:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Mitchell <brian@firehouse.net> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.psinet.net.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Information on using the BPF? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970813153736.4229C-100000@shell.firehouse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970813194620.6987A-100000@obiwan.psinet.net.au>
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On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi. > > I'm going to be using the bpf for an upcoming project, and save reading > tcpdump source, is there a good source of information on how to program > it? (I'd rather talk directly to it rather than via a library or some > other front end, this thing needs to run rather quickly ;) the bpf man page is really really really detailed, and an excellent source of information. I don't imagine you will need anything more. btw, tcpdump source wont help you at all, it uses libpcap :). libpcap source, on the other hand, may be of considerable use. For what it's worth, i'd probably use libpcap instead. > > Thanks, > > -- > Adrian Chadd | "Unix doesn't stop you from doing > <adrian@psinet.net.au> | stupid things because that would > | stop you from doing clever things" > > >
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