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diff --git a/gg_sniff/README.txt b/gg_sniff/README.txt index 095384c..fddbb3f 100644 --- a/gg_sniff/README.txt +++ b/gg_sniff/README.txt @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Note that gg_sniff activates extra protections on libpcap file descriptor, by setting it to readonly, for now on OpenBSD only. It does so by reimplementing some of libpcap functions, see pcap.c my_pcap_open_live() +If you run gg_sniff in active mode (-a), it will open a readwrite raw socket +(with libpcap) and a readwrite ip socket (with libdnet) which render the +previous protection useless. Limitations =========== |