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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:07:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Hackers <FreeBSD-Hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: network programming. 
Message-ID:  <199709121559.LAA18140@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
In-Reply-To: <199709121316.XAA03165@word.smith.net.au>

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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote:

> > If tcpdump does all traffic on an interface, shouldn't it be renamed to
> > reflect that capability?  Not having used tcpdump, based on the name, I
> > would have thought it was for monitoring tcp traffic, and wouldn't do udp.
> 
> How about you send some mail to "tcpdump@ee.lbl.gov" and tell *them* 
> about this?  It's not like this is something that was dreamed up last 
> week or anything.
> 
> mike
> 
> 

I wasn't aware it came from ee.  I only commented on it since I used to
use tools on SunOS called packetman and etherman.  Packetman grabbed
anything that looked like a packet of course, and etherman grabbed
everything that went across the interface.

Jamie Bowden
System Administrator, iTRiBE.net

Abusenet: The Misinformation Superhighway




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