JKH: tcpdump improvement

[Patrick MARIE]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:02:18AM +0000, Vadim Chekan wrote:
> Hello Poul,
> 
> I want to try to implement portrange feature in tcpdump as described on your 
> JKH TODO list if it's still actual.
> 
> I have several thoughts about this task.
> 
> 1. As soon as it is neccessary to implement port<N, port>N to implement this 
> task it is a good idea to extend syntax with these operators. Actually after 
> implementing "<" and ">" operators task is 80% done because it is possible to 
> implement range by "port > N1 and port < N2" expression.
> 
> 2. About range operator. I'd prefer to add functionality to existing "port" 
> operator instead of introducing new keyword "portrange".
> It seems easier to remember and use syntax like:
> "port 40-400 and port 500"
> 
> What do you think?

  Well, if you want, you can rely on the following patch:
  http://www.virgaria.org/~mycroft/libpcap-20040124.diff

  It was done a while ago, submitted to libpcap/tcpdump developers
without any new from them since.

  Cheers,
  - patrick

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Patrick MARIE <mycroft at virgaria.org>
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