On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Daniel Borkmann
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I've just added this into the repository. Features and supported types
> can be seen with:
>
>   netsniff-ng -D
>
> Types can be selected with their magic number, e.g.:
>
>   netsniff-ng --in eth0 --out dump.pcap --silent -T 0xa1b2c3d4 --bind-cpu 0

It's obvious, but just for the record: the -T argument is only needed
for writing pcaps (if one wants to select a different format than the
default), for reading the type is automatically detected.

> Four types are currently supported:
>
>   - tcpdump-capable (default)
>   - tcpdump-capable with ns resolution
>   - Alexey Kuznetsov' pcap format
>   - netsniff-ng's pcap format
>
> How they differ, as mentioned, can be seen with netsniff-ng -D. It was
> quite an invasive change, so do not yet use it right away in your
> production environment until it digested for a week or so in the
> repository. ;-)

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