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Many UN*Xes come with libpcap, so you might not have to install tcpdump.org's libpcap in order to build tcpdump.org's tcpdump (the configure script doesn't assume the latest version of libpcap, so it should be possible to build tcpdump with older versions of libpcap). By default, tcpdump is installed with universal execute permissions, and no special privileges; that way, anybody can use it to read a capture. Remove the comments about capture permissions, as it applies only to systems using BPF. The tcpdump man page gives the gory details of capture permissions; refer users there. Remove the comment about libpcap; it's in the libpcap INSTALL.txt, where it belongs.
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If you have not built libpcap, and your system does not have libpcap
installed, install libpcap first. Your system might provide a version
of libpcap that can be installed; if so, to compile tcpdump you might
need to install a "developer" version of libpcap as well as the
"run-time" version. You can also install tcpdump.org's version of
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libpcap; see the README.md file in this directory for the location.
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You will need a C99 compiler to build tcpdump. The build system
will abort if your compiler is not C99 compliant. If this happens, use
the generally available GNU C compiler (GCC) or Clang.
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After libpcap has been built (either install it with "make install" or
make sure both the libpcap and tcpdump source trees are in the same
directory), run ./configure (a shell script). "configure" will
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determine your system attributes and generate an appropriate Makefile
from Makefile.in. Now build tcpdump by running "make".
Many UN*Xes come with libpcap, so you might not have to install tcpdump.org's libpcap in order to build tcpdump.org's tcpdump (the configure script doesn't assume the latest version of libpcap, so it should be possible to build tcpdump with older versions of libpcap). By default, tcpdump is installed with universal execute permissions, and no special privileges; that way, anybody can use it to read a capture. Remove the comments about capture permissions, as it applies only to systems using BPF. The tcpdump man page gives the gory details of capture permissions; refer users there. Remove the comment about libpcap; it's in the libpcap INSTALL.txt, where it belongs.
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If everything builds ok, su and type "make install". This will install
tcpdump and the manual entry. Any user will be able to use tcpdump to
read saved captures. Whether a user will be able to capture traffic
depends on the OS and the configuration of the system; see the tcpdump
man page for details. DO NOT give untrusted users the ability to
capture traffic. If a user can capture traffic, he or she could use
utilities such as tcpdump to capture any traffic on your net, including
passwords.
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Note that most systems ship tcpdump, but usually an older version.
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Building tcpdump from source as explained above will usually install the
binary as "/usr/local/bin/tcpdump". If your system has other tcpdump
binaries, you might need to deinstall these or to set the PATH environment
variable if you need the "tcpdump" command to run the new binary
("tcpdump --version" can be used to tell different versions apart).
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If your system is not one which we have tested tcpdump on, you may have
to modify the configure script and Makefile.in. Please send us patches
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for any modifications you need to make.
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Please see "README.md" for notes about tested platforms.
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FILES
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Add some missing entries, and use tabs on some entries that weren't using them.
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CHANGES - description of differences between releases
list CONTRIBUTING in INSTALL.txt
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CONTRIBUTING - guidelines for contributing
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CREDITS - people that have helped tcpdump along
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INSTALL.txt - this file
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LICENSE - the license under which tcpdump is distributed
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Makefile.in - compilation rules (input to the configure script)
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README.md - description of distribution
Add in Readme.Win32.
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Readme.Win32 - notes on building tcpdump on Win32 systems (with WinPcap)
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VERSION - version of this release
aclocal.m4 - autoconf macros
addrtoname.c - address to hostname routines
addrtoname.h - address to hostname definitions
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addrtostr.c - address to printable string routines
addrtostr.h - address to printable string definitions
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ah.h - IPSEC Authentication Header definitions
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appletalk.h - AppleTalk definitions
Do case-insensitive comparisons assuming ASCII strings. Do the case-insensitive comparisons in a locale-independent fashion that only maps ASCII letters, in the standard English-language fashion; that way, we don't get bitten by, for example, Turkish having separate "i with dot" and "i without dot" letters, with lower-case "i with dot" being mapped to upper-case "I with dot" rather than being mapped to "I".
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ascii_strcasecmp.c - locale-independent case-independent string comparison
routines
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atime.awk - TCP ack awk script
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atm.h - ATM traffic type definitions
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bpf_dump.c - BPF program printing routines, in case libpcap doesn't
have them
chdlc.h - Cisco HDLC definitions
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cpack.c - functions to extract packed data
cpack.h - declarations of functions to extract packed data
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config.guess - autoconf support
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config.h.in - autoconf input
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config.sub - autoconf support
configure - configure script (run this first)
Rename configure.in to configure.ac. This matches what was done with libpcap; it's what autoconf prefers.
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configure.ac - configure script source
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ethertype.h - Ethernet type value definitions
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extract.h - alignment definitions
Move the definitions of the various GMPLS "struct tok"s out of gmpls.h into a new gmpls.c file; have gmpls.h contain only external declarations of those structures. That removes compiler warnings about static structures being defined but not used, and also lets more than one file share structures used in both of those files, rather than having private definitions of them.
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gmpls.c - GMPLS definitions
gmpls.h - GMPLS declarations
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install-sh - BSD style install script
interface.h - globals, prototypes and definitions
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ip.h - IP definitions
ip6.h - IPv6 definitions
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ipproto.c - IP protocol type value-to-name table
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ipproto.h - IP protocol type value definitions
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l2vpn.c - L2VPN encapsulation value-to-name table
l2vpn.h - L2VPN encapsulation definitions
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lbl/os-*.h - OS-dependent defines and prototypes
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llc.h - LLC definitions
machdep.c - machine dependent routines
machdep.h - machine dependent definitions
makemib - mib to header script
mib.h - mib definitions
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missing/* - replacements for missing library functions
Extract NTP printing This method is required to dissect some RADIUS attributes
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ntp.c - functions to handle ntp structs
ntp.h - declarations of functions to handle ntp structs
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mkdep - construct Makefile dependency list
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mpls.h - MPLS definitions
update: - gcc pointer - configure and make install instructions - some versions - list of files
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nameser.h - DNS definitions
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netdissect.h - definitions and declarations for tcpdump-as-library
(under development)
Update the list of files, and remove the text about not sending in an ASCII dumper. The list of files needs more descriptions, and the text in general probably needs another once-over.
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nfs.h - Network File System V2 definitions
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nfsfh.h - Network File System file handle definitions
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nlpid.c - OSI NLPID value-to-name table
nlpid.h - OSI NLPID definitions
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ospf.h - Open Shortest Path First definitions
packetdat.awk - TCP chunk summary awk script
parsenfsfh.c - Network File System file parser routines
NetBSD support for multiple data link types on an interface, from David Young <dyoung@ojctech.com>, with some minor changes by Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@netbsd.org>, and further changes by me to: use "-y" rather than "-D" to set the link type ("-D" was already taken); use libpcap APIs to map between data link type names and values; supply stub versions of missing-but-needed libpcap APIs. Update Jason Thorpe's e-mail address (Zembu is going away, if it hasn't done so already).
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pcap-missing.h - declarations of functions possibly missing from libpcap
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ppp.h - Point to Point Protocol definitions
Update to reflect some recent changes. It probably needs more updates for new protocols.
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print.c - Top-level routines for protocol printing
Move the printer summaries from INSTALL.txt to each printer with the tag '\summary:' for greping. Remark: Currently some printers have no summary line. Moreover: Summarize all printers with a single line in INSTALL.txt
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print-*.c - The netdissect printers
Have our own headers to declare the format of ONC (Sun) RPC messages on the wire; the definitions in many systems use u_long, which is 64 bits long on many platforms - that's OK for in-memory structures, but it doesn't match what's on the wire. Use headers based on the Sun ones, but use u_int32_t for fields, and otherwise make the structures match what's on the wire, and change some names to avoid collision with <rpc/rpc.h>, which print-sunrpc.c includes to declare "getrpcbynumber()" and the structure it returns. Record whether "getrpcbynumber()" is found, and use it only if it's found, rather than basing the decisison on whether we're building for Win32 or not.
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rpc_auth.h - definitions for ONC RPC authentication
rpc_msg.h - definitions for ONC RPC messages
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send-ack.awk - unidirectional tcp send/ack awk script
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slcompress.h - SLIP/PPP Van Jacobson compression (RFC1144) definitions
smb.h - SMB/CIFS definitions
smbutil.c - SMB/CIFS utility routines
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stime.awk - TCP send awk script
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tcp.h - TCP definitions
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tcpdump.1 - manual entry
tcpdump.c - main program
Fix display of timestamps with -ttt and -ttttt options - Fix display of some nanoseconds timestamps For example, bad print 00:-16:-2.000851566 is now 00:00:00.037851566 - Fix display of timestamp of a packet when it is lower than previous one For example, bad print 00:00:-1.000999790 is now -00:00:00.000000210
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timeval-operations.h - timeval operations macros
Update and fix up the list of files and the note on Linux.
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udp.h - UDP definitions
Update to reflect some recent changes. It probably needs more updates for new protocols.
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util-print.c - utility routines for protocol printers
Add some missing entries, and use tabs on some entries that weren't using them.
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win32 - headers and routines for building on Win32 systems
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