[PATCH] Improved WinPcap x64 Support

["Rob Nicholls" <robert () robnicholls co uk>]

I installed the x64 version of Wireshark a couple of weeks ago and spotted
that WinPcap wasn't properly installed for x64 applications using our
WinPcap installer (x86 applications like Nmap work fine on x64, but x64 ones
would fail to load WinPcap). This explains why there were some extra files
in the new WinPcap setup file that I struggled to account for at the time -
as they don't state they're x64 versions, unlike the x64 driver - as there
aren't many x64 applications on Windows that use WinPcap.

 

Attached is a patch that makes our version of the WinPcap installer place
these extra files in the right locations on x64 systems, which I've briefly
tested (it certainly fixes the issue I had on Windows 7 x64). I quickly
updated the upgrading instructions file too to cover the new files,
hopefully it makes sense.

 

I've uploaded a zip containing all the files and the new directory layout
for "mswin32\winpcap" onto my server at:

 

https://www.robnicholls.co.uk/files/winpcap-nmap.zip

 

The WinPcap files are digitally signed, but feel free to extract them from
the installer at the official WinPcap site.

 

Regards,

 

Rob

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