[tbox-l] New versions of tcpdump, libpcap

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

NOTE:  These packages are built for AIX 5.1 and higher.  AIX 4.3.3 users are
encouraged to update to AIX 5.1 or 5.2.  Future Toolbox package updates will
be built on AIX 5.1.  No further Toolbox images will be built for AIX 4.3.3.
(There are no plans to remove existing 4.3.3 rpm images from the FTP site
anytime in the near future, however.)
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New versions of tcpdump and libpcap are available:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/tcpdump/tcpdump-3.8.1-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/libpcap/libpcap-0.8.1-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

These updates are in response to CERT "denial-of-service" reports for tcpdump:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/738518
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/174086
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955526
The first of which is resolved by the update to 3.8.1, and the other
two of which are minor patches added to 3.8.1 (and are included in this new
Toolbox image).

Actually, because tcpdump links statically with libpcap at build time,
you do not need libpcap if you only want tcpdump.

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Descriptions :

Tcpdump is a network analysis tool.

Libpcap is a library for packet capture and playback. It is used by several
other network analysis tools such as tcpdump and ethereal.  libpcap
requires the installation of the bos.net.tcp.server fileset on AIX.