Re: PF_PACKET

From: Lev Walkin (vlm_at_netli.com)
Date: 06/25/04

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To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr>

    Ivan Voras wrote:
    > Lev Walkin wrote:
    >
    >> Ivan Voras wrote:
    >>
    >>> I'm trying to port open1x xsupplicant, and it uses PF_PACKET to get
    >>> relevant packets (of appropriate ethernet type). I looked around in
    >>> /usr/include and can't find the support, at least not under that and
    >>> similar names. Is there support for it in FreeBSD?
    >>>
    >>> (I only need to catch & send a few packets now and then, not anything
    >>> complex or bandwidth demanding).
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> man bpf
    >
    >
    >
    > I've no experience with bpf, but It looks way too complex. And besides,
    > the program is relaying on using sendto/recvfrom all over the place.

    it is actually pretty simple. man pcap. this is a wrapper around bpf
    which lets you do it in a couple lines of C code. 

    -- 
Lev Walkin
vlm@netli.com
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