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No driver needed.  Do a google search on "api hooking" and 
"dll injection".  Can be complicated, but not as much as
writing a driver (plus there are tools to simplify this).

Most winsock-intercepting programs (firewalls, etc) use this
method I think, and don't resort to installing drivers.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:52:59 -0800, CC wrote:

> Greetings All -
> I'm embarking on a small socket monitoring program. I'd like to have a
> program that can detect connection attempts to any port on a system -
> similar to firewall programs.
> 
> I understand that it is possible to 'hook' these functions, so that my
> program can receive messages from the winsock mechanism when connects, and
> other operations are attempted.
> 
> I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction - possible
> some API topics I would need to look at, examples, etc?
> 
> 
> Many thanks for the advice and help,
> CurtC