Re: OS X 10.6 diagnosis: pcap timeout and bpf device access

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Walt Scrivens wrote:
> As I said in my earlier e-mail, I compiled for 32 bit configuration
> and nmap seemed to work OK.
>
> I just installed Apple's latest update, 10.6.2, and re-complied
> without the 32-bit switches; nmap now seems to work properly!

That's good. Their update must have fixed the read timeouts. I haven't
tried it yet, but if it really is fixed, then maybe we don't have to do
anything. I was about to write a poll replacement for pcap_select. On
the other hand, I think I'll do that anyway, because then we get the
benefit of having pcap_select work on Mac OS X past 10.6, and Nmap won't
be broken for users of 10.6 and 10.6.1.

David Fifield
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