On 04/24/2013 10:24 AM, Surbhi Jain wrote: > Hi all, > > A normal user must have the permissions to capture and view the packet > info. till layer 5 if that belongs to his request from server. He can be > able to save a packet, to delete a packet, to edit a packet and sent it > back to the server. > > Packet contains the info for the identification of the host ( IP address + > Port number). I think we can use the options field of TCP header to contain > the name of the owner of the packet in encrypted form. And this owner field > must be checked with the current logged in user before opening the packet. > This will ensure the security. > > With reference to my previous post, I think we can't openly change the > permissions of the dumpcap . > > I need the discussions and help to carry forward this idea or come up with > better ideas.
The distribution I use, gentoo, sets up a "wireshark" group. Members of the group may use promiscuous mode on network interfaces. Check your distro's documentation. Phil ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
