Re: [tcpdump-workers] Disable address/name resolution in libpcap

[...] > Presumably, if pcap_compile_ex() or pcap_compile_nonameres() or whatever > were to disable name resolution, it would treat *all* host names as failing > to resolve, so > > host www.example.com > > would fail to compile. This means, of course, that the pre-test would >

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Disable address/name resolution in libpcap

On Apr 14, 2016, at 12:05 AM, Denis Ovsienko wrote: > On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:44:24 +0100 Ed Sealing wrote >> We're writing an application around libpcap. The app may or may not have >> DNS resolution available. We've noticed that when DNS resolution is not >>

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Disable address/name resolution in libpcap

On Apr 13, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Ed Sealing 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.

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Disable address/name resolution in libpcap

On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:44:24 +0100 Ed Sealing wrote >We're writing an application around libpcap. The app may or may not have >DNS resolution available. We've noticed that when DNS resolution is not >available, we experience long delays when pre-testing the filters (prior to