xine-2.033
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| Xine - issue #2 - Phile 033 |
\-----------------------------/Short addendum to Injector docs and description
In Xine #1 we presented to the reader the program Injector, which is a program for "injecting" (this is sending) packets on an ethernet and monitoring the ethernet traffic (it has a lot of customizable options and so on, give a look to issue #1 if you don't remember of it).
Unfortunately there aren't a lot of guys that actually have a local network attached to internet so Injector may not be fully used by a lot of persons. This was one of the complains we received about Injector.
Anyway if you even don't have a DOS PC connected into an ethernet you can use Injector to inject packets using your PPP account at the provider. Of course logically you won't be able at all to see the packet in his network, but at least you'll be able to "inject" packets.
To be able to do this you will need a PPP Packet Driver. I think that there are many of those around, just give a good search throught the network. I personally tried and tested (with success) the PPP Packet Driver from the Merit Network Inc. which is free for non profit use. I saw it on many sites (simtel also) named something like etherppp.zip. Well search it yourself :)
Once you got it you must just configure a few things (such as the login script for the provider and so on...) and once the connection has been succesfull (as for the PPP i tried it will just go resident and leave you to do whatever you want) you can now just run Injector and enjoy! Of course as i already said you won't be able to use it as a sniffer (if you don't understand why just leave Injector ;) ) but you'll now be able to send any kind of packet you want (of course you must pay attention to the provider's restrictions, I mean there could be a firewall or simply a router dropping some types of packets).
As for bugs: there is a very stupid bug in the version that was shipped with the Xine #1 :( A "==" is used instead of a "!=", so raw logging doesn't work at all :(( Very sorry, but too many work places may bring to this kind of errors.
Hope this hint will make you enjoy injecting packets ;)
b0z0 and Kernel Panic
