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Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms.
From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:42:41 -0500
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"Stephen" == Stephen Donnelly <stephen () endace com> writes:
Stephen> useful. Is it assumed that libpcap now always uses UTC for Stephen> timezone? No, it stores the timezone in the header. Stephen> timeval (unix sec,microsec) by libpcap, timespec (unix Stephen> sec,nanosec) by AIX libpcap(?), and the Endace 64-bit Stephen> fixed-point format (unix sec,fraction). All these formats Stephen> use 64 bits total. I don't know about WinPcap. I prefer unix sec, nanosec myself. Stephen> Are we trying to converge on one time-stamp format for Stephen> libpcap-ng, or allowing the use of various formats, with Stephen> some indication of which format per file/interface, and the Stephen> problems of merging traces? Would libpcap offer time-stamp Stephen> conversion routines for programs that don't understand Stephen> various ones, and allow them to select? I'd rather have one new common time-stamp format, but I'd like to leave the door open to other formats being supported. - -- ] ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine. | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Xelerance Corporation, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr () xelerance com http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/mcr/ |device driver[ ] panic("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Finger me for keys iQCVAwUBQGGeXoqHRg3pndX9AQGVGAP+OEdVz9oSFcjCsh7vt3X8fb3iL7+tKXsE 7KYieFAXcdb0m11UlnweJcCsievsw3Kp5NQpT7KpkzJzkaoq6iIfBaxIz5aQChDo XkWkDFjXulMoq836OlphOZYFJmLzv/GihykQeYF8C7B6+TdjcVH2w1mr9/DlRR6B kLiiNr16hAk= =FlwY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - This is the TCPDUMP workers list. It is archived at http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/index.html To unsubscribe use mailto:tcpdump-workers-request () tcpdump org?body=unsubscribe
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- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Guy Harris (Mar 23)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Michael Richardson (Mar 23)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Richard Sharpe (Mar 23)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Michael Richardson (Mar 23)
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- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Ste Jones (Mar 26)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Stephen Donnelly (Mar 23)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Guy Harris (Mar 23)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Stephen Donnelly (Mar 23)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Guy Harris (Mar 23)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Stephen Donnelly (Mar 23)
- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Michael Richardson (Mar 24)
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- Re: libpcap pcap_sendpacket support across platforms. Guy Harris (Mar 23)