Re: [tcpdump-workers] Multiple interface capture and thread safety status in libpcap

2012-05-11 Thread Guy Harris
On May 10, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Wiener Schnitzel wrote: > I need to perform packet sniffing on several interfaces at the same time. Are you processing packets from each interface independently, so that a packet on interface A is not looked at when processing packets from interface B, or are you p

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Multiple interface capture and thread safety

2012-05-11 Thread Wiener Schnitzel
On 11.05.2012 09:02, Guy Harris wrote: On May 10, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Wiener Schnitzel wrote: I need to perform packet sniffing on several interfaces at the same time. Are you processing packets from each interface independently, so that a packet on interface A is not looked at when processing

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Multiple interface capture and thread safety

2012-05-11 Thread Rick Jones
On 05/11/2012 06:26 AM, Wiener Schnitzel wrote: I see. As I said, I might need to merge the data coming from the interfaces, so I need an algorithm to compare the age of packets with different sources. I don't think you will be able to arrive at that goal with perfect accuracy. Can it be like