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Date:      Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:07:29 +0100
From:      Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>
To:        dotslash <dotslash@linif.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: a bit of libpcap explanation
Message-ID:  <20010426100729.I28408@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <00fa01c0ce2c$d51a7e20$2903010a@atg.altayer.com>; from dotslash@linif.org on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:41:56PM %2B0400
References:  <00fa01c0ce2c$d51a7e20$2903010a@atg.altayer.com>

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* dotslash <dotslash@linif.org> [010426 09:44]:

> basically i just want to find out if setting up a firewall (ipfilter) on the
> same system as where a NIDS is installed would affect the job of the NIDS.
> i'm using snort for my NIDS.

IPF grabs packets before they hit the kernel TCP stack, so
my guess would be that the NIDs won't see blocked packets if it lives in
the stack. If it peeks at the buffer on the network card, it will see the traffic

Anyone knowe which tcpdump does?
-- 
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Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::

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