On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Brad Hards wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:56, Ish Rattan wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Brad Hards wrote: > > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:13, Ish Rattan wrote: > > > > Does any one have a complete client/server type program or tutotial on > > > > using PF_PACKET to by pass the TCP/IP stack in the kernel? I can't seem > > > > to find a sample and hence subscribed to this list to ask for > > > > pointers. > > > > > > Possibly the wrong question. I take it that you want to avoid using the > > > kernel support for some reason, possibly portability. In that case, you > > > should consider a couple of libraries > > > > Well, I am more into implementation of TCP/IP stack in user mode (user > > level) for teaching aid in a graduate course in Computer Networks. I > > think that such a thing is possible and I am missing the starting point.. > Probably possible (and I still think you'd be better off with those libraries, > which are, after all, just access the packet filter sockets), but don't know > if it is worth it. > Why not use User-Mode Linux (http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net)? > You get the whole kernel, including the networking stack, running in > user-space. You can run several virtual machines on one real host, and get to > network between them in a couple of different ways. Might even be worth doing > if you had your own user-space implementation of the stack, as the > environment in which you run your implementation. If you have time can you give little more details on usage of UML for getting a user-mode TCP/IP stack?! I am fishing for more details. I plan to start on it after this semester is done (2 more weeks). Thanks for the feed back. -ishwar - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
