Can winpcap be used to create a virtual ethernet device, similar to the tun
and tap devices that exist on linux and unix?

The idea of a tap device is that it looks like an ethernet NIC to the OS,
but a user-mode program (such as a service or daemon) can open it, reading
and writing raw ethernet frames from and to the device.

I would like to port OpenVPN, a secure tunneling daemon, to windows, but I
need a tap device driver.

Any tips on where to look, or how winpcap might be used or modified for this
purpose would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

James Yonan
OpenVPN Developer
http://openvpn.sourceforge.net/


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