Attachment 35912 Details for Bug 57813 – file.diff

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>diff -ru /usr/ports/security/nessus-libraries-devel/files/README.BPF nessus-libraries-devel/files/README.BPF
>--- /usr/ports/security/nessus-libraries-devel/files/README.BPF	Sat Apr 19 22:37:39 2003
>+++ nessus-libraries-devel/files/README.BPF	Thu Oct  9 20:43:23 2003
>@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
>-Nessus uses the pcap library, which uses the
>-berkeley packet filter (bpf) to do its job.
>+Nessus uses the pcap library, which uses the berkeley packet filter (bpf)
>+to do its job.
> 
> Since Nessus used multiple processes, several pcap-aware plugins will
> need to access the the bpf at the same time. 
> 
>-This means that you need to recompile your kernel with the
>-following option :
>+This means that you need to recompile your kernel with the following option:
> 
>-For FreeBSD 5.x:
>-pseudo-device   bpfilter
>+pseudo-device   bpf
> 
>-For FreeBSD 4.x:
>-pseudo-device   bpfilter NUM
>-
>-Where 'NUM' is the number of bpf you want -- it should be equal to
>-the 'max hosts number' option you enter in nessusd x the
>-'max plugins' option.
>-	   
> If for instance you want to have 10 nessusd running at the same time,
> each running 5 plugins in parallel, you should create 50 (10 * 5) bpfs
> (as nessusd is extremely lightweight, you can expect to have this amount
>@@ -26,18 +17,11 @@
> 100 of them.
> 
> Once your kernel has been rebuilt, get root, cd to /dev
>-and do  :
>-
>-  i=0; while [ $i -lt 100];
>-  do
>-  ./MAKEDEV bpf$i
>-  let i=$i+1
>-  done
>+and do:
> 
>-On FreeBSD, you can directly do :
>       ./MAKEDEV bpf+100
> 
>-(For FreeBSD 5.x this is not needed since the devfs creates devices when needed)
>+For FreeBSD 5.x this is not needed since the devfs creates devices when needed.
> 
> If you can not recompile your kernel, you can try to run the configure
> script with the option --enable-bpf-sharing. In this case, nessusd will

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