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From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: tcpdump
To: robinson@netrinsics.com (Michael Robinson)
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:13:41 +1100 (Australia/NSW)
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In-Reply-To: <200001231242.UAA02239@netrinsics.com> from "Michael Robinson" at Jan 23, 2000 08:42:44 PM
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In some mail from Michael Robinson, sie said:
> 
> Does anyone know what the deal is with this comment in tcpdump.c:
> 
>  * (BTW, please don't send us patches to print the packet out in ascii) 
> 
> I've just finished with my latest version of such patches.  Does that make
> me some sort of E133t H4x0r or something?  Would applying such patches into
> the tree cause some sort of global outbreak of evildoing?  It certainly
> isn't any sort of performance issue, because my code, with ascii, is faster
> than the current code without.

tcpdump is now being maintained at www.tcpdump.org

I would recommend checking what is in their version before jumping up and
down any more as the above comment dates back to LBL.

Darren


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