Re: Injecting packets into the kernel

Andreas Kinzler (akinzler@gmx.de)
Sat, 22 Dec 2001 21:22:06 +0100

>> However, for the kernel they are now LOCAL packets, which are not
>> masq'ed. To make that work, they need to look "remote" (means:
>> received by a device). Any ideas?
> Use a TUN/TAP device (or ethertap on 2.2).

That is exactly what diald does, but the packets written to such a device have
no effect, they do not seem to make their way through the kernel.

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