Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:14:01 +0100 | From | DervishD <> | Subject | Re: Packet capturing, iptables and eth0 vs. dummy0 |
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Hi Martin :)
* Martin Josefsson <gandalf@wlug.westbo.se> dixit: > > Is is normal? Is normal that tcpdump shows packets before they > > enter the filter when the interface is a real one (eth0) but no when > > you access through a dummy interface or localhost, or am I missing > > anything? > Try sniffing on the 'lo' interface instead of 'dummy0' since all packets > generated by the local machine destined for the local machine goes via > the ´lo' interface. ipaddresses looks like they belong to interfaces but > that's not the case with linux, they belong to the machine.
That seemed to be the problem, thanks :)))
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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