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diff --git a/README.tru64 b/README.tru64 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7fe1ef0 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.tru64 @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +The following instructions are applicable to Tru64 UNIX +(formerly Digital UNIX (formerly DEC OSF/1)) version 4.0, and +probably to later versions as well; at least some options apply to +Digital UNIX 3.2 - perhaps all do. + +In order to use kernel packet filtering on this system, you have +to configure it in such a way: + +Kernel configuration +-------------------- + +The packet filtering kernel option must be enabled at kernel +installation. If it was not the case, you can rebuild the kernel with +"doconfig -c" after adding the following line in the kernel +configuration file (/sys/conf/<HOSTNAME>): + + option PACKETFILTER + +or use "doconfig" without any arguments to add the packet filter driver +option via the kernel option menu (see the system administration +documentation for information on how to do this). + +Device configuration +-------------------- + +Devices used for packet filtering must be created thanks to +the following command (executed in the /dev directory): + + ./MAKEDEV pfilt + +Interface configuration +----------------------- + +In order to capture all packets on a network, you may want to allow +applications to put the interface on that network into "local copy" +mode, so that tcpdump can see packets sent by the host on which it's +running as well as packets received by that host, and to put the +interface into "promiscuous" mode, so that tcpdump can see packets on +the network segment not sent to the host on which it's running, by using +the pfconfig(1) command: + + pfconfig +c +p <network_device> + +or allow application to put any interface into "local copy" or +"promiscuous" mode by using the command: + + pfconfig +c +p -a + +Note: all instructions given require root privileges. |