Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] EtherReal 0.9 bug -- Mac OSX

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:31:55 -0800 (PST)
> a) selecting ethereal on a port which is not available causes the kernel
> to crash.  Eg... Airport is active... Ethernet is not active  (no wire
> plugged into ethernet connector in the back of the mac).  Select en0
> (ethernet mac -- NOT airport).  enable capture and CRASH ....

That's not an Ethereal bug, that's a MacOS X bug; other applications
could cause that, and some may well cause that.  Report it to Apple.