Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ignore WEP flag crashes windows 0.9.5...

Note: This archive is from the project's previous web site, ethereal.com. This list is no longer active.

Date Prev · Date Next · Thread Prev · Thread Next
Date Index · Thread Index · Other Months · All Mailing Lists
From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:07:37 -0700
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 07:00:53PM -0400, Vincas Ciziunas wrote:
> Apparently, the problem was lack of lib_pcap.  The dissector attempts to
> modify the capture device whether you use it or not.  So, either that
> needs to be changed to support capture files, or winpcap should be
> optional.  Ideas?

WinPcap is supposed to be optional, so there's a bug somewhere.  (It
will probably crash no matter *what* preference item you change.)

I'll look at it.  I suspect the only workaround is to install WinPcap.