[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-1249) Trouble with pcap interfaces with colons in their name

[Robin Sommer (JIRA)]

     [ https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1249?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Robin Sommer updated BIT-1249:
------------------------------
    Summary: Trouble with pcap interfaces with colons in their name  (was: Trouble with pcap interfaces with colons on their name)

> Trouble with pcap interfaces with colons in their name
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: BIT-1249
>                 URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1249
>             Project: Bro Issue Tracker
>          Issue Type: Problem
>          Components: Bro
>    Affects Versions: git/master
>            Reporter: Robin Sommer
>            Assignee: Robin Sommer
>
> Pcap interfaces can have colons in their name, which confuses the new packet source code, as it uses "xxx:" to identify the type of source to use (e.g., "dag0:0" isn't handed over to pcap; instead Bro looks for a plugin "dag0" to handle the interface "0".)
> As a work-around, it should work to use "-i pcap:dag:0".
> Possible fixes:
>   - we use a different prefix separator (e.g., "-i netmap!em3")
>   - fallback to pcap if prefix not known.
>   - make the work around the solution (i.e., if in doubt, specify pcap explicitly)
> Reported by John Donaldson.



--
This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA
(v6.4-OD-04-006#64001)