Re: [tcpdump-workers] handling tcp retransmissions with libpcap

2004-09-23 Thread ury segal
> > looking at snort. > > libnids is *perfect*, thank you :) Does it handle lost segments well? I mean, when you never get a segment, will NIDS understand that, give up on the segment, and continue feeding the user with the rest of the stream? Similarly, does it track connections without captu

Re: [tcpdump-workers] handling tcp retransmissions with libpcap

2004-09-23 Thread Andy Coates
Bruce M Simpson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 01:29:33PM +0100, Andy Coates wittered thus: > > I've been trying to read some tcp payloads from a dump file > > generated by tcpdump. Everything has been going smoothly until > > I encounter tcp segment losses and tcp retransmis

Re: [tcpdump-workers] handling tcp retransmissions with libpcap

2004-09-23 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 01:29:33PM +0100, Andy Coates wittered thus: > I've been trying to read some tcp payloads from a dump file > generated by tcpdump. Everything has been going smoothly until > I encounter tcp segment losses and tcp retransmissions. By 'read some tcp payloads' I assume you're

[tcpdump-workers] handling tcp retransmissions with libpcap

2004-09-23 Thread Andy Coates
Hello, I've been trying to read some tcp payloads from a dump file generated by tcpdump. Everything has been going smoothly until I encounter tcp segment losses and tcp retransmissions. Now i'm no coding genius nor do I understand the ins and out of tcp headers enough to be able to develop a sol