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[lwip-users] Re: [lwip] tun/tap
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Adam Dunkels |
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[lwip-users] Re: [lwip] tun/tap |
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Thu, 09 Jan 2003 00:40:40 -0000 |
On Friday 22 March 2002 11.23, you wrote:
> is it same concept as packet sniffing? do the packets are also copied to
> the kernal stack?
No, the packets are not processed by the kernel's stack. They forwarded by
the IP layer of the kernel, just as would happen if the tun/tap was a regular
network interface.
It is the same concept as packet forwarding.
/adam
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