Re: another OS X bug: pcap_findalldevs()

["Aaron Turner" <synfinatic () gmail com>]

On 4/22/07, Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:
> Aaron Turner wrote:
> > FYI, I've opened another ticket with apple (Bug ID# 5152213) regarding
> > pcap_findalldevs().  Short story is that calling pcap_findalldevs()
> > causes the builtin wifi on my MacBook Pro (10.4.9) to disassociate
> > from the AP.  Very annoying, especially since you needn't be root to
> > have it happen.
>
> Known problem.  If the application using pcap_findalldevs() is built
> with libpcap from the top of the libpcap_0_9 branch, the problem goes away.

Good to know.  Any idea when 0.9.6 is coming out?  It would be nice to
get that fix and the work around for the corrupted snaplen/caplen
issue.

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