Re: Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in tcpdump

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>]

> > > > > "Guy" == Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> writes:
    Guy> If by "receiving end" you mean that side that receives a stream
    Guy> of packets, no, nothing prevents that - and implementing the
    Guy> *sending* end in tcpdump would neither help nor hinder that;
    Guy> they're orthogonal.  In any case, the receiving end arguably
    Guy> belongs in libpcap/WinPcap, so that other programs using
    Guy> libpcap could also be changed to support receiving pcap-over-IP
    Guy> streams.

Yes, in libpcap.
But, do we need to do anything other than popen("netcat *someargs*")??

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