Re: Disable address/name resolution in libpcap

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Apr 13, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Ed Sealing <ed.sealing () sealingtech org> wrote:

> Is there a way to programatically disable name resolution in libpcap

No.

> (similar to tcpdump "-n" argument)? I haven't been able to find a variable
> to pass in that would accomplish this directly in the library. I'm sure it
> exists, but can't seem to find it.

You can't find it because it *doesn't* exist.

A new API, such as pcap_compile_ex() with a Boolean flag, or pcap_compile_nonameres() with no flag and no name 
resolution, would have to be provided.
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