Re: network resquest to tap pseudo device driver

2005-07-06 Thread David Malone
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:48:55PM -0700, snort Snort wrote: Can anybody tell me what benefit for building a tap pseudo ethernet device driver for some sort of network communication? Why not directly communicate thru a real ethernet device driver like fxp0, xl0, etc. A tap interface can be

Re: network resquest to tap pseudo device driver

2005-07-06 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:48:55PM -0700, snort Snort wrote: Can anybody tell me what benefit for building a tap pseudo ethernet device driver for some sort of network communication? Why not directly communicate thru a real ethernet device driver like fxp0, xl0, etc. Sometimes you want to

network resquest to tap pseudo device driver

2005-07-05 Thread snort Snort
Hi, Can anybody tell me what benefit for building a tap pseudo ethernet device driver for some sort of network communication? Why not directly communicate thru a real ethernet device driver like fxp0, xl0, etc. Thanks Sam