On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 07:05:38PM -0700, Henry Fung wrote:
> Is there any module or well-known mechanism available 
> for punting a data link layer PDU to a user process? 
> Also for sending out PDUs?
> Say I'd like to implement ARP as a user process, or 
> some other protocols.
> Thanks.
> Henry

Hi,

Try reading the man page for the tap device:
man tap

There is also a web page with more information:
http://vtun.sourceforge.net/

You may also wish to look at netgraph:
man 4 netgraph

http://www.elischer.org/netgraph/

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