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Re: ICMP packets
On 5/4/05, Christophe Lucas <clucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> rajat swarup (rajats@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I need to construct ICMP packets in the Kernel and some particular
> > data needs to be transmitted in the data field of the ICMP packets.
> > Can someone please send some pointers about how to construct ICMP
> > packets and then send them? I believe icmp_send() method is used to
> > send ICMP packets.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Why do you have to make this ?
> Does lipcap not enough ?
>
Libpcap operates in the user level. I am processing some packets in a
kernel hook. I need to take this data from kernel and construct
packets out of it and user mode and kernel mode cannot have shared
memory.
Thanks,
Rajat.
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