Automatic report from sources (tcpdump libpcap htdocs) between 16.09.2003 - 17.09.2003 GMT

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CVS log entries from 16.09.2003 (Tue) 09:05:53 - 17.09.2003 (Wed) 09:05:55 GMT
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Summary by authors
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Author: guy
        File: tcpdump/tcpdump.1; Revisions: 1.148
        File: tcpdump/tcpdump.c; Revisions: 1.215

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Description:
Add to the packet counts a count of packets that tcpdump has seen and
processed - people often get confused by the "received by filter" count,
as they might not realize that, in some systems, it counts packets that
were handed to the filter mechanism regardless of whether they pass or,
if they pass, they have yet been read by the application and, on some
other systems, it counts packets that passed the filter but still counts
them in the kernel before they're read by the application.

They're probably mostly interested in the count of packets processed by
tcpdump; the "received by filter" count is probably of interest only if
you want to know how effective your filter is (and even then it's of
interest only if it counts packets handed to the filter rather than
packets that passed the filter).

Give more details on why the "received by filter" count doesn't
necessarily mean what you think it means.
Modified files:
        File: tcpdump/tcpdump.1; Revision: 1.148;
        Date: 2003/09/16 21:02:51; Author: guy; Lines: (+12 -3)
        File: tcpdump/tcpdump.c; Revision: 1.215;
        Date: 2003/09/16 21:02:52; Author: guy; Lines: (+13 -1)
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Log entries
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Summary of modified files
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File: tcpdump/tcpdump.1
Revisions: 1.148
Authors: guy (+12 -3)
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File: tcpdump/tcpdump.c
Revisions: 1.215
Authors: guy (+13 -1)
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