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This page is missing an overview of the actual file format. Listing programs that use it is useful, but a description of the format is also essential for a complete article. Also, I came here looking for info on incompatibilities between tools using pcap format (having just run into one). — Preceding unsigned comment added by StuartGathman ( talk • contribs) 17:41, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
Should this page absorb the libpcap and WinPcap pages, with libpcap and WinPcap redirecting to pcap? Guy Harris 21:36, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
And what does PCAP mean? Packet Capturing Application Protocol????... anything ?
Re "While the name is an abbreviation of packet capture, that is not the API's proper name. " — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.52.159 ( talk) 15:04, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
Then give the name.
As far as I know, libpcap is the library for pcap and that is the API (application program interface) whereby programs call the functions of pcap. Basically, I think the statement is wrong but I don't see why the API was mentioned. PCAP is a program. libpcap is a library (API) called by the application program.
15:03, 31 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.52.159 ( talk)
The "Free Software Portal" link is present in this page. But, there's no information about the licenses of any of the softwares described, and, the "Free Software" category isn't present. What's the story? 198.49.180.40 ( talk) 17:49, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
In programs that use pcap section, the cookie link links to the food. I can't seem to find the page for the application. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.94.132.204 ( talk) 09:31, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Why is it that I can never understand Wikipedia articles on (a) computing and (b) statistics? These articles are written in the most technical and obtuse language, clearly intended for someone in the field. I leave this article on pcap having even less of an idea about what it is than I had before I got here.... Sigh. 70.29.73.38 ( talk) 04:41, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
As Projected Capacitive becomes more and more applied in nowadays life (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, information directories, HMI), maybe we can make a difference here between Projected Capacitive in the Field of electronics and Package Capture in the field of computer networking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.136.193.197 ( talk) 07:50, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
What part is "written like an advertisement"? The only part where I could possibly see that is the Npcap section. Guy Harris ( talk) 00:51, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
PCAP = Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals And Plants — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ananadamarga ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Having done some research into its origins, I have found no evidence of any entity, API or program, called pcap that predates or stands apart from libpcap, which is the library created at LBNL for extending the BPF packet capture part of tcpdump to other programs. Therefore, I propose a rewrite of this page, which I can undertake myself, to refocus it on libpcap and its forks, ports, and extensions. The primary changes would be:
Bonsaiwiking ( talk) 21:02, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
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This page is missing an overview of the actual file format. Listing programs that use it is useful, but a description of the format is also essential for a complete article. Also, I came here looking for info on incompatibilities between tools using pcap format (having just run into one). — Preceding unsigned comment added by StuartGathman ( talk • contribs) 17:41, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
Should this page absorb the libpcap and WinPcap pages, with libpcap and WinPcap redirecting to pcap? Guy Harris 21:36, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
And what does PCAP mean? Packet Capturing Application Protocol????... anything ?
Re "While the name is an abbreviation of packet capture, that is not the API's proper name. " — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.52.159 ( talk) 15:04, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
Then give the name.
As far as I know, libpcap is the library for pcap and that is the API (application program interface) whereby programs call the functions of pcap. Basically, I think the statement is wrong but I don't see why the API was mentioned. PCAP is a program. libpcap is a library (API) called by the application program.
15:03, 31 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.52.159 ( talk)
The "Free Software Portal" link is present in this page. But, there's no information about the licenses of any of the softwares described, and, the "Free Software" category isn't present. What's the story? 198.49.180.40 ( talk) 17:49, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
In programs that use pcap section, the cookie link links to the food. I can't seem to find the page for the application. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.94.132.204 ( talk) 09:31, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Why is it that I can never understand Wikipedia articles on (a) computing and (b) statistics? These articles are written in the most technical and obtuse language, clearly intended for someone in the field. I leave this article on pcap having even less of an idea about what it is than I had before I got here.... Sigh. 70.29.73.38 ( talk) 04:41, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
As Projected Capacitive becomes more and more applied in nowadays life (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, information directories, HMI), maybe we can make a difference here between Projected Capacitive in the Field of electronics and Package Capture in the field of computer networking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.136.193.197 ( talk) 07:50, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
What part is "written like an advertisement"? The only part where I could possibly see that is the Npcap section. Guy Harris ( talk) 00:51, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
PCAP = Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals And Plants — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ananadamarga ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Having done some research into its origins, I have found no evidence of any entity, API or program, called pcap that predates or stands apart from libpcap, which is the library created at LBNL for extending the BPF packet capture part of tcpdump to other programs. Therefore, I propose a rewrite of this page, which I can undertake myself, to refocus it on libpcap and its forks, ports, and extensions. The primary changes would be:
Bonsaiwiking ( talk) 21:02, 16 September 2021 (UTC)