> > > http://cr.opensolaris.org/~seb/clearview-libpcap/ > > > > > > The idea is to translate DL_IPV4, DL_IPV6, and DL_6TO4 to DLT_RAW, which > > > indicates that captured packets begin with an IP header. Wireshark can > > > then decode them seamlessly without any modification to the application. > > > > The use of DL_6TO4 to gate the tunnel stuff seems to be a bit chummy with > > the history of Solaris tunnels; how would a future libpcap developer > > understand why that's correct? > > Ah, you mean it would be clearer if we #ifdef'ed each DL_* value > individually? We could certainly do that. I used DL_6TO4 simply > because I knew that if it exists, the other two exist as well...
It seemed to go a step further than that and make the assertion that DL_6TO4 indicated support for Clearview IP Tunneling. Otherwise, it would make sense to also enable the support if e.g. DL_IPV4 was defined but DL_6TO4 was not. -- meem
