Re: libdnet problem with monitor mode interfaces

[Djalal Harouni <tixxdz () opendz org>]

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 08:15:12AM -0700, David Fifield wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 03:06:42PM +0100, Djalal Harouni wrote:
> > If we do this what are the downsides ? hide interfaces where Nmap might
> > work ? what about this ARPHRD_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP, other tools use it ?
> >
> >
> > For those who want a temporary fix, a quick patch is attached that will
> > work on Linux compiled with LINUX_PROCFS support. It will ignore other
> > special interface setups (aliases are not supported).
>
> I'm not sure about this fix. I considered the same thing, but I'm a bit
> worried about unknown side effects. One thing is that error reporting is
> more difficult from libdnet because we don't have access to Nmap's
> logging functions. So sometimes a failure like this is the only way we
> get bug reports. If the code were already the way you suppose, we would
> never know that ARPHRD_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP interfaces are being ignored.
Yes, we'll not see them. I'm sending the patch.

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