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authorGilbert Ramirez <gram@alumni.rice.edu>1998-11-21 05:08:40 +0000
committerGilbert Ramirez <gram@alumni.rice.edu>1998-11-21 05:08:40 +0000
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The Sniffer-reading code now checks to make sure that it is trying
to read an uncompressed Sniffer file. svn path=/trunk/; revision=118
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-$Id: README,v 1.3 1998/11/15 05:29:05 guy Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.4 1998/11/21 05:08:39 gram Exp $
Wiretap is a library that is being developed as a future replacement for
libpcap, the current standard Unix library for packet capturing. Libpcap is
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ The "libpcap" file format was determined by reading the "libpcap" code;
wiretap reads the "libpcap" file format with its own code, rather than
using the "libpcap" library's code to read it.
-Sniffer
+Sniffer (uncompressed)
-------
The Sniffer format, at least for Token-Ring, is documented in the
Sniffer manual. Unfortunately, Sniffer manuals tend to document only
-the format for the Sniffer model they document.
+the format for the Sniffer model they document. Ethernet seems to work well,
+though. If you have an ATM Sniffer file, both Guy and I would be *very*
+interested in receiving a sample. (see 'AUTHORS' file for our e-mail
+addresses)
LANalyzer
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