Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] ethreal for 2.0.32 kernel

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:03:21 -0800 (PST)
> I don't think there are any kernel dependencies in ethereal, are there?

Ethereal does depend on whatever raw packet capture mechanism your OS
provides (or, in the case of Windows, whatever add-on raw packet capture
mechanism you have), and that code is generally in the kernel.

However, Ethereal doesn't directly access that mechanism - it does so
through libpcap.