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authorGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>1999-03-01 22:59:47 +0000
committerGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>1999-03-01 22:59:47 +0000
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It turns out that the first of the unknown fields in the NetXRay header
appears to be the UNIX "time_t" when the capture started, so use that to figure out the time when a packet was captured. svn path=/trunk/; revision=204
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-$Id: README,v 1.12 1999/03/01 20:35:33 guy Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.13 1999/03/01 22:59:47 guy 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
@@ -106,10 +106,9 @@ if possible).
Sniffer Basic (NetXRay)/Windows Sniffer Pro
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Network Associates' Sniffer Basic (formerly NetXRay from Cinco Networks)
-file format is now partially supported; only Ethernet and Token Ring
-captures can be read, and the packet time stamp isn't correctly
-computed. Network Associates' Windows Sniffer Pro appears to use a
-variant of that format; it's supported to the same extent.
+file format is now supported, at least for Ethernet and token-ring.
+Network Associates' Windows Sniffer Pro appears to use a variant of that
+format; it's supported to the same extent.
Gilbert Ramirez <gram@verdict.uthscsa.edu>
Guy Harris <guy@netapp.com>