On 1/6/2010 3:04 PM, Karthik Balaguru wrote:
- For pure Windows applications(Windows Native approach) that require
raw sockets, we can use winpcap.

WinPCap is not "raw sockets". The term "sockets" refers to the BSD Sockets programming API, or related ones like Winsock. WinPCap is a completely different API.

It may be true that you can do what you want with WinPCap. Just don't confuse people by saying you're using "raw sockets".

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