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authorfenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org>2001-04-03 07:45:48 +0000
committerfenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org>2001-04-03 07:45:48 +0000
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Virgin import of tcpdump.org tcpdump v3.6.2
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@@ -1,20 +1,36 @@
-@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/tcpdump/README,v 1.54.1.1 1999/10/07 23:47:09 mcr Exp $ (LBL)
+@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/tcpdump/README,v 1.58 2000/12/08 06:59:11 mcr Exp $ (LBL)
-TCPDUMP 3.4
-Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
-Network Research Group
-tcpdump@ee.lbl.gov
-ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/tcpdump.tar.Z
+TCPDUMP 3.6
+Now maintained by "The Tcpdump Group"
+See www.tcpdump.org
+
+Please send inquiries/comments/reports to tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org
+
+Anonymous CVS is available via:
+ cvs -d cvs.tcpdump.org:/tcpdump/master login
+ (password "anoncvs")
+ cvs -d cvs.tcpdump.org:/tcpdump/master checkout tcpdump
+
+Version 3.6 of TCPDUMP can be retrived with the CVS tag "tcpdump_3_6":
+ cvs -d cvs.tcpdump.org:/tcpdump/master checkout -r tcpdump_3_6 tcpdump
+
+Please send patches against the master copy to patches@tcpdump.org.
+
+formerly from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
+ Network Research Group <tcpdump@ee.lbl.gov>
+ ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/tcpdump.tar.Z (3.4)
This directory contains source code for tcpdump, a tool for network
-monitoring and data acquisition. The original distribution is
-available via anonymous ftp to ftp.ee.lbl.gov, in tcpdump.tar.Z.
+monitoring and data acquisition. This software was originally
+developed by the Network Research Group at the Lawrence Berkeley
+National Laboratory. The original distribution is available via
+anonymous ftp to ftp.ee.lbl.gov, in tcpdump.tar.Z. More recent
+development is performed at tcpdump.org, http://www.tcpdump.org/
-Tcpdump now uses libpcap, a system-independent interface for user-level
+Tcpdump uses libpcap, a system-independent interface for user-level
packet capture. Before building tcpdump, you must first retrieve and
-build libpcap, also from LBL, in:
-
- ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/libpcap.tar.Z
+build libpcap, also originally from LBL and now being maintained by
+tcpdump.org; see http://www.tcpdump.org/ .
Once libpcap is built (either install it or make sure it's in
../libpcap), you can build tcpdump using the procedure in the INSTALL
@@ -50,13 +66,18 @@ It is a program that can be used to extract portions of tcpdump binary
trace files. See the above distribution for further details and
documentation.
-Problems, bugs, questions, desirable enhancements, source code
-contributions, etc., should be sent to the email address
-"tcpdump@ee.lbl.gov".
+Problems, bugs, questions, desirable enhancements, etc.
+should be sent to the address "tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org".
+
+Source code contributions, etc. should be sent to the email address
+"patches@tcpdump.org".
+
+Current versions can be found at www.tcpdump.org
+
+ - The TCPdump team
+
+original text by: Steve McCanne, Craig Leres, Van Jacobson
- - Steve McCanne
- Craig Leres
- Van Jacobson
-------------------------------------
This directory also contains some short awk programs intended as
examples of ways to reduce tcpdump data when you're tracking
@@ -205,4 +226,3 @@ The method was:
- Once a week, tell your funding agent that you're discovering
wonderful things and you'll write up that research report
"real soon now".
-
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