Ciao winpcap gods,
(always good to start a cry for help with a sign of respect, eh?)
I am trying to write a packet transmit tool using winpcap, since Msoft in
their infinite unwisdom removed raw socket support from XPSP2.
In order to save much time (and because pressing F7 is not hard), I
Yes, Windows XP Service Pack 2 removed raw socket support from Microsoft's
winsock. Cygwin uses winsock, so unless you plan on changing cygwin itself,
don't bother trying to compile winpcap in it. Winpcap can send raw packets
natively, and I actually think it's cleaner than the winsock method
Have you checked for anti-virus programs removing it?
MS anti-spyware detects winpcap as a spyware threat (low threat) but doesn't
remove it I think, but there was a rumor that AVG and Symantec sometimes
remove it (or pieces of it) when they remove certain Trojans/viruses. You
might want to
