Nothing obvious. I checked the code and the truncation of packets is suspended if you have the suspicious dump on. Still it sounds like a corrupted buffer. Maybe some more info on the ntop version, how you're running it, platform, etc.
-----Burton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Ntop] reading 'suspicious' and 'other' packets > > > Hi Burton, > > I didn't see your reply to my message until just now when I was browsing > the archives - I guess it didn't get distributed to me as my > subscription to the list hadn't been processed. Anyway... > > I tried shutting down ntop using the Admin interface, but tcpdump still > reports the same error. Any other ideas? > > Cheers, > Mat > > --------------------- > > It could be that the last buffer hasn't been written to disk or isn't > initialized to zeros and tcpdump is trying to read that garbage. > > Causing a graceful shutdown of ntop will close the files. That should > work... > > -----Burton > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ntop-bounces at unipi.it [mailto:ntop-bounces at unipi.it]On > Behalf Of > > matthew.ford at bt.com > > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 5:00 AM > > To: ntop at Unipi.IT > > Subject: [Ntop] reading 'suspicious' and 'other' packets > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to read the ntop-suspicious-pkts.dev[if].pcap and > > ntop-other-pkts.[if].pcap files using > > > > tcpdump -r [filename] > > > > which is reporting 'tcpdump: pcap_loop: truncated dump file'. > > > > I've tried opening these files in ethereal as well, and that chokes > > with: > > > > The capture file appears to be damaged or corrupt. > > (pcap: File has 203949056-byte packet, bigger than maximum of 65535) > > > > Anyone got any ideas/seen this before? Do I need to kill ntop before > > these files will be readable? > > > > Mat > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
