Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:40:00 +0100 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: http://www.nfr.net/nfr/mail-archive/nfr-users/1999/Feb/0110.html |
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> Has anyone seen this? It's a pretty sad commentary on Linux packet > handling. Is there truth to it, and if so, plans to fix it?
NFR uses a BSD API which Linux doesn't support.
Under Linux, one syscall per-packet is required, which quite seriously limits the rate at which packets can be sniffed. It's not exactly a "sad commentary" - it's missing feature which proves to be a deficiency for this application.
I imagine that something like ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing/lbl-tools/kernel-turbopacket.dif.gz might help to rectify the situation.
Matthew.
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