problem with DNS lookups on non-IPv4-only-mode?

Darren Tucker dtucker at zip.com.au
Tue Jun 8 15:33:17 EST 2004


Kendell Welch wrote:
> Darren Tucker wrote:
>>It sound like you're mapping
>>connect() calls (and/or the Winsock equivalent) into direct-tcpip
>>channel requests?
>  
> Not at all...we're intercepting I/O calls (in kernel mode) to the ethernet
> adapter, and interacting accordingly.  Safe Passage does not attempt to
> forward any UDP packets...however, it analyzes and responds to DNS
> requests from the client...if configured to do so.

If you're only seeing ethernet frames then you'd need to have your own 
little TCP/IP stack to re-assemble the connections, right?  Then map 
them to port forward requests?  Just curious...

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