ports/101408: tcpshow is NOT able to handle tcpdump 3.9.1 output

Dr. Markus Waldeck waldeck at gmx.de
Sat Aug 5 14:50:16 UTC 2006


>Number:         101408
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       tcpshow is NOT able to handle tcpdump 3.9.1 output
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 05 14:50:15 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dr. Markus Waldeck
>Release:        6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD fb 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:32:43 UTC 2006     
root at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
tcpshow is NOT able to handle tcpdump 3.9.1 output

>How-To-Repeat:
# tcpdump -V
tcpdump version 3.9.1
libpcap version 0.9.1

# tcpdump -w test.pcap

# tcpshow < test.pcap 
reading from file -, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Packet 1
***Error: Badly formatted Ethernet address

>Fix:
BUGS
       It should not depend on tcpdump(1) as much as it does.   It  should  be
       modified to use pcap(3) directly.
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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