On Mar 5, 2010, at 3:56 AM, Selçuk Cevher wrote: > As far as I know, in general, pcap_loop() function of libpcap library is > preferred over pcap_next_ex() function in both live and offline capture. > > Is it related to some kind of fact that pcap_loop() is more > robust/reliable/efficient ?
It might be more efficient, but it's also older - at least some applications use it because pcap_next_ex() didn't *exist* when they were written (and pcap_next() is limited in its capabilities; that's why pcap_next_ex() was written).- This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
