Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:16:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com> To: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> Cc: Dmitry Samersoff <dms@wplus.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [net] bpf question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005221611020.5955-100000@cassandra.wayward-volvo.org> In-Reply-To: <39292998.4C55739A@cequrux.com>
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On Mon, 22 May 2000, Graham Wheeler wrote: > If my memory serves me correctly, Marcus Ranum wrote a white paper on > IDS systems in the early days of NFR, in which he said that the existing > configuration of BPF was inadequate for capturing all packets on a fast > link, and suggested a patch to improve the situation. THe patch involved > bumping up a buffer from about 16kb to 256kb. Unfortunately I no longer > have the details handy, but if you did a search for BPF/IDS/NFR/Ranum > you might find something. http://www.nfr.net/forum/publications/LISA-97.htm -- Christopher Nielsen (enkhyl|cnielsen)@pobox.com Enkhyl on IRC Space monekys ate my brain: No such file or directory To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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