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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Packet Sniffer for FreeBSD Date: 17 Feb 1997 09:06:58 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <5ea37i$h90@cynic.portal.ca> References: <330927D4.1E3C@deakin.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:2554 In article <330927D4.1E3C@deakin.edu.au>, Isabella Farmer <belle@deakin.edu.au> wrote: >I have recently been given access to a FreeBSD machine to better my >knowledge of internet security. I was wondering if someone out there >could please tell me what packet sniffing programs come as standard with >FreeBSD or whether there is a program that can be downloaded for this >purpose? See the manual page for tcpdump(8). You may have to recompile your kernel with the Berkeley packet filter pseudo-device (bpfilter) installed. You may also need to add /dev/bpf* files to your /dev directory. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Through infinite myst, software reverberates Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 In code possess'd of invisible folly.