Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: strange behavior on loopback-devices 2.0.x - 2.2.x | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 12 Feb 1999 16:07:21 +0100 |
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In article <36C39522.A7565421@ontika.net>, chaosman@ontika.net (Kai Bankett) writes: > Hi all ! > I've noticed a stange behaviour on loopback-devices ... > If I use tcpump on the interface lo each packet is shown twice to me (2 > x incoming, 2 x outgoing). Maybe this is an unwanted behaviour ?!? (I > didn't find anything about this behaviour in any documentation about > loopback-devices)
This is expected behaviour. The packets are passed to tcpdump once when they are send and once when they are received.
> Maybe someone can have a look at it ?
There are no plans to change it.
-Andi -- This is like TV. I don't like TV.
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