>>>>> "Jan-Philip" == Jan-Philip Velders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jan-Philip> :) Well, the first problem with libpcap 0.7 versus 0.6 has
Jan-Philip> surfaced for me, on Linux 2.0.39 sniffing ppp0 will make
Jan-Philip> tcpdump crash (+core sometimes), giving a notice that it
Jan-Philip> couldn't set SIOC*-flags back to their original value...
Jan-Philip> After it has crashed once (note: it sets promisc *and*
Jan-Philip> multicast on a ppp device !), libpcap will fail telling that
Jan-Philip> it doesn't support the ppp-device... Sniffing on normal eth*
Jan-Philip> devices still works.
Could it be a 2.0.39 issue?
Jan-Philip> :) I think I'm spending the coming weekend tweaking similar
Jan-Philip> stuff to get libpcap 0.7 and my PPP-setup working
Jan-Philip> nicely... I'll also try and see, if I can boot a 'stock'
Jan-Philip> 2.0.39 kernel, although the PPP API's haven't changed between
Jan-Philip> 'my' 2.0.39 and stock... It's mostly GRE stuff...
Jan-Philip> Well, it'll keep me off the streets ;)
Any updates appreciated, even if it turns out to be "0.7 will never work
with 2.0.39" :-(
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