Re: [tcpdump-workers] Request DLT_/LINKTYPE_ value for vSockets

2016-07-15 Thread Guy Harris
On Jul 15, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Gerard wrote: > There are control packets which don't have payload, So presumably AF_VSOCK_OP_CONTROL packets are control packets that have no payload; are AF_VSOCK_OP_CONNECT and AF_VSOCK_OP_DISCONNECT also packets with no payload? (Presumably no packets should

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Request DLT_/LINKTYPE_ value for vSockets

2016-07-15 Thread Gerard
There are control packets which don't have payload, and data packets which have the application data after the header. On Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 20:32 Guy Harris wrote: > On Jul 15, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Gerard Garcia wrote: > > > vSockets are used for host<>guest communication using the standard > soc

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Request DLT_/LINKTYPE_ value for vSockets

2016-07-15 Thread Guy Harris
On Jul 15, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Gerard Garcia wrote: > vSockets are used for host<>guest communication using the standard socket > API. They already supported in the mainline Linux kernel and can be used in > VMware VMs. > > There is an ongoing work to implement a virtio transport which will add

[tcpdump-workers] Request DLT_/LINKTYPE_ value for vSockets

2016-07-15 Thread Gerard Garcia
vSockets are used for host<>guest communication using the standard socket API. They already supported in the mainline Linux kernel and can be used in VMware VMs. There is an ongoing work to implement a virtio transport which will add vSockets support to QEMU. Additionally, it will include a vs