Re: Snooping on PPP modem connection.

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From: Mark Blackman
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:00

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In demon.tech.unix Ian Stirling <0000352FECBD.NO_UCE@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Anyone know how to take raw bytestreams, and produce a tcpdump-like
> dump of the packets going over a PPP connection? Preferably without
> having to write a PPP stack.

If it's convenient to setup, you could use FreeBSD's 
(http://www.freebsd.org) built-in support for ppp connections
in tcpdump. i.e. with FreeBSD

tcpdump -i tun0

shows all packets passing through the tun0 (ppp) interface.

Mark Blackman

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From: Mark Blackman <tmb@maddog.u-net.com>
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Date: 1998/04/13
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