Question about installing WinPcap

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Hi,

I have some program that requires installation of WinPcap that this program
could work.
As I we know, WinPcap is API for packet capturing and filtering engines, and
consists of drivers, that use NDIS to read packets directly from a network
adapter, implementations of a lower-level library for those OSes, to
communicate with those drivers; a port of libpcap that uses the API offered
by the low-level library implementations. So this WinPcap works at low
level driver.
My questions is: is the WinPcap technology safe enough for my operating
system stability?

On my system run important applications, from other hand, this utility
itself has no high priority for me, and I want be assured, that my system
will work stably, in safety and without unpleasant 'surprises'.

K.
 
From: "kvin" <[email protected]>

| Hi,
|
| I have some program that requires installation of WinPcap that this program
| could work.
| As I we know, WinPcap is API for packet capturing and filtering engines, and
| consists of drivers, that use NDIS to read packets directly from a network
| adapter, implementations of a lower-level library for those OSes, to
| communicate with those drivers; a port of libpcap that uses the API offered
| by the low-level library implementations. So this WinPcap works at low
| level driver.
| My questions is: is the WinPcap technology safe enough for my operating
| system stability?
|
| On my system run important applications, from other hand, this utility
| itself has no high priority for me, and I want be assured, that my system
| will work stably, in safety and without unpleasant 'surprises'.
|
| K.

If you are unsure, do NOT run it on an important, production, PC.

I use it for Ethereal and have no problems.
 
David H. Lipman said:
From: "kvin" <[email protected]>
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| Hi,
|
| I have some program that requires installation of WinPcap that this program
| could work.
| As I we know, WinPcap is API for packet capturing and filtering engines, and
| consists of drivers, that use NDIS to read packets directly from a network
| adapter, implementations of a lower-level library for those OSes, to
| communicate with those drivers; a port of libpcap that uses the API offered
| by the low-level library implementations. So this WinPcap works at low
| level driver.
| My questions is: is the WinPcap technology safe enough for my operating
| system stability?
|
| On my system run important applications, from other hand, this utility
| itself has no high priority for me, and I want be assured, that my system
| will work stably, in safety and without unpleasant 'surprises'.
|
| K. ----------
If you are unsure, do NOT run it on an important, production, PC.
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I use it for Ethereal and have no problems.
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You are right, however. But there is no way to use separate PC for one this
program. Program is from trusted source, though.
Here I just wanted to clarify about this WinPcap technology and system
stability.

Thanks.
 
kvin said:
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You are right, however. But there is no way to use separate PC for one
this program. Program is from trusted source, though.
Here I just wanted to clarify about this WinPcap technology and system
stability.

Thanks.
Click to expand...

There is no inherent instability issues with WinPcap. Would be nice if the
operating system itself was more stable though. :-)

Cheers.

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