On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:43 PM, John Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Kfir Lavi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > How can one implement custom header network protocol. > > I mean header that wraps regular network packets like ethernet, udp, tcp, > > etc... > > The sending of this custom packets is done between processes running > > locally. > > ie. I get a Ethernet packet, inspect it, then add my custom header and > > forward > > it to another process that listens to a socket, and expect to get data > > wrapped with > > this custom header. > > > > What is a good way to go about and implement this thing? > > Have you looked at the tun/tap drivers? > > Yes I did, they can work for me, but I need to modify the code. They expect certain protocols and are not passing anything. It is a bit ugly to go this way. Also, try asking this question on a network specific list. > > -- > John >
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