Re: How does packet capture interact with

[Robert Burgess <burgess () systems cs cornell edu>]

> As long as the destination IP address of the packets are not of the
> firewall then you shouldn't need a host-based firewall to drop the
> packets.

It still has to drop them, though---I think---because I don't want the
packets forwarded on until I say so.

> Also, I forgot to mention that on some platforms, libpcap supports
> only sniffing packets going a certain direction (in our out the
> interface).  You should use that API when possible as it will improve
> performance a good deal.

That's pcap_setdirection, yes?  Thanks!

Robert.
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