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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 FreeBSD Inc.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd May 19, 2004
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.Dt BPF 9
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.Os
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.\"
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bpf
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.Nd "Berkeley Packet Filter"
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.\"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In net/bpf.h
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.\"
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.Ft void
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.Fn bpfattach "struct ifnet *ifp" "u_int dlt" "u_int hdrlen"
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.Ft void
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.Fn bpfattach2 "struct ifnet *ifp" "u_int dlt" "u_int hdrlen" "struct bpf_if **driverp"
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.Ft void
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.Fn bpfdetach "struct ifnet *ifp"
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.Ft void
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.Fn bpf_tap "struct ifnet *ifp" "u_char *pkt" "u_int *pktlen"
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.Ft void
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.Fn bpf_mtap "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct mbuf *m"
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.Ft void
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.Fn bpf_mtap2 "struct ifnet *bp" "void *data" "u_int dlen" "struct mbuf *m"
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.Ft u_int
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.Fn bpf_filter "const struct bpf_insn *pc " "u_char *pkt" "u_int *wirelen" "u_int *buflen"
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.Ft int
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.Fn bpf_validate "const struct bpf_insn *fcode" "int flen"
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.\"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The Berkeley Packet Filter provides a raw interface,
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that is protocol independent,
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to data link layers.
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It allows all packets on the network,
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even those destined for other hosts,
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to be passed from a network interface to user programs.
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Each program may specify a filter,
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in the form of a bpf filter machine program.
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.Xr bpf 4
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describes the interface used by user programs.
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This man page describes the functions used by interfaces to pass packets to
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.Nm
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and the functions for testing and running
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.Nm
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filter machine programs.
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.Pp
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.Fn bpfattach
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attaches a network interface to
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.Nm .
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.Em ifp
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is a pointer to the structure that defines the interface to be
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attached to an interface.
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.Em dlt
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is the data link-layer type:
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DLT_NULL
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.Po no link-layer encapsulation
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.Pc ,
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DLT_EN10MB
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.Po Ethernet
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.Pc ,
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DLT_IEEE802_11
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.Po 802.11 wireless networks
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.Pc ,
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etc.
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The rest of the link layer types can be found in
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.Pa /usr/src/sys/net/bpf.h .
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.Em hdrlen
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is the fixed size of the link header;
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variable length headers are not yet supported.
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The
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.Nm
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system will hold a pointer to
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.Em ifp->if_bpf .
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This variable will set to a non-NULL value when
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.Nm
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requires packets from this interface to be tapped using the functions below.
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.Pp
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.Fn bpfattach2
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allows multiple bpf instances to be attached to a single interface,
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by registering an explicit
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.Em if_bpf
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rather than using
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.Em ifp->if_bpf .
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It is then possible to run
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.Xr tcpdump 1
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on the interface for any data link-layer types attached.
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.Pp
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.Fn bpfdetach
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detaches a
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.Nm
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instance from an interface,
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specified by
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.Em ifp .
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.Fn bpfdetach
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should be called once for each
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.Nm bpf
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instance attached.
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.Pp
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.Fn bpf_tap
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is used by an interface to pass the packet to
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.Nm .
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The packet data (including link-header),
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pointed to by
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.Em pkt ,
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is of length
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.Em pktlen ,
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which must be a contiguous buffer.
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.Em ifp
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is a pointer to the structure that defines the interface to be tapped.
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The packet is parsed by each processes filter,
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and if accepted,
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it is buffered for the process to read.
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.Pp
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.Fn bpf_mtap
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is
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like
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.Fn bpf_tap
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except that it is used to tap packets that are in an mbuf chain,
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.Em m .
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.Em ifp
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is a pointer to the structure that defines the interface to be tapped.
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Like
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.Fn bpf_tap ,
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.Fn bpf_mtap
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requires a link-header for whatever data link layer type is specified.
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Note that
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.Nm
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only reads from the mbuf chain,
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it does not free it or keep a pointer to it.
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This means that a mbuf containing the link-header
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can be prepended to the chain if necessary.
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A cleaner interface to achieve this is provided by
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.Fn bpf_mtap2 .
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.Pp
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.Fn bpf_mtap2
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allows the user to pass a link-header
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.Em data ,
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of length
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.Em dlen ,
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independent of the mbuf
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.Em m ,
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containing the packet.
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This simplifies the passing of some link-headers.
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.Pp
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.Fn bpf_filter
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executes the filter program starting at
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.Em pc
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on the packet
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.Em pkt .
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.Em wirelen
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is the length of the original packet and
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.Em buflen
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is the amount of data present.
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.Pp
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.Fn bpf_validate
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checks that the filter code
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.Em fcode ,
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of length
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.Em flen ,
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is valid.
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.\"
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn bpf_filter
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returns -1
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.Po cast to an unsigned integer
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.Pc
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if there is no filter.
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Otherwise, it returns the result of the filter program.
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.Pp
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.Fn bpf_validate
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returns 0 when the program is not a valid filter program.
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.\"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr tcpdump 1 ,
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.Xr bpf 4 .
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.\"
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.Sh HISTORY
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The Enet packet filter was created in 1980 by Mike Accetta and
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Rick Rashid at Carnegie-Mellon University.
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Jeffrey Mogul,
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at Stanford,
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ported the code to
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.Bx
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and continued its development from 1983 on.
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Since then,
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it has evolved into the Ultrix Packet Filter at
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.Tn DEC ,
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a
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.Tn STREAMS
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.Tn NIT
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module under
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.Tn SunOS 4.1 ,
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and
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.Tn BPF .
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.\"
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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.An Steven McCanne ,
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of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, implemented BPF in Summer 1990.
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Much of the design is due to
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.An Van Jacobson .
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This manpage by was written by
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.An Orla McGann .
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