I just can’t leave it alone…

Posted by Synfinatic on November 20, 2008 at 9:28 am in tcpreplay.

For some reason, probably due to a sever mental defect, I actually enjoy writing C code. Yes, there are plenty of other languages which have plenty of aspects which are better then C, but I just don’t find any of them as satisfying to actually write code in. Ruby comes the closest, but as languages go, it’s still a little wet behind the ears while C is mature. What does that mean? I’ve been working on tcpreplay again- even after I claimed I was putting it away for the foreseeable future.


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OSS sit-rep

Posted by Synfinatic on October 5, 2008 at 4:42 pm in Code.

I figured I’d write a quick situation report on the three open source projects I’m involved with:

Tcpreplay Pretty much in total maintenance mode right now. I’m more then happy to help users and fix any bugs which people report, but I’m not working on any new features right now.
OpenPacket Looks like OpenPacket is in the process of being restarted and is going to move from Ruby on Rails to PHP. My last experience with PHP (about 7 years ago) was enough to make me swear it off and I’m just not interested in re-learning it again. Hence, I suspect my role will be limited to providing suggestions for the team.
Cabernet Due to …


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3.3.2 is out the door

Posted by Synfinatic on June 20, 2008 at 5:32 pm in tcpreplay.

I released Tcpreplay 3.3.2 today. Almost all the bugs fixed and enhancements in this release were requested by users, so a big thanks to everyone who opened a ticket or emailed me their suggestions/bug reports.


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If I build it, will they come?

Posted by Synfinatic on June 1, 2008 at 8:21 pm in tcpreplay.

I originally wrote this post back in March ‘06, but never posted it. Since then, I’ve been distracted with other tasks and openpacket.org has gone live. I’ve decided to post this now, because I’m tired of being lazy.

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So for about 4 years now (6 years as of 2008), I’ve had the idea of building a public repository where people can share pcap files. And I’m not the only one with this idea. And based on people asking for it regularly on various email lists, there seems to be demand for it. But will it work?


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Mission statements

Posted by Synfinatic on May 31, 2008 at 9:12 pm in Life, tcpreplay.

So I was reading an article about a talk the Subversion authors gave and one of the things that stood out was the importance of having a mission statement to guide development and keep focus.


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Tcpreplay 3.3.1 and the future

Posted by Synfinatic on May 18, 2008 at 1:07 pm in tcpreplay.

I’m proud to release the second stable version of the Tcpreplay 3.3 train. Things seem pretty stable right now, with many end-user reported bugs resolved. I’m not sure, but I’m hoping this is the last of the 3.3.x series so I can start working on new features.


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3.3rc2 is ready!

Posted by Synfinatic on April 30, 2008 at 10:58 pm in tcpreplay.

So I’ve merged in the new high-accuracy performance code into the mainline trunk. Depending on your operating system you may or may not notice any improvement, but here’s the rundown of the changes:


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Tcpreplay + Fragroute = v3.3.rc1

Posted by Synfinatic on April 27, 2008 at 12:45 am in tcpreplay.

I’ve finally got a basic integration of Dug Song’s fragroute with tcprewrite. I’m pretty excited about this not only because it’s something I’ve wanted to do for over two years, but because it really shows the power of Open Source. Anyways, big thanks to Dug who made this possible not only by his work writing fragroute, but also choosing a license which allows people like me to use it in their own projects.


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tcpreplay 3.2.4 is out

Posted by Synfinatic on January 16, 2008 at 11:52 pm in tcpreplay.

Ticket #281 was a real pain in the ass. It seemed like everyone but me could reproduce it.


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fragroute + tcprewrite == tcprewrite

Posted by Synfinatic on January 13, 2008 at 11:41 pm in tcpreplay.

Well this weekend was full of football and since my 49ers are out of the running (and likely for next year as well) I’ve regressed into a Packer fan. Hard not to with Brett Favre running the show. Anyways, while watching the Pack kill the Seagulls err… Seahawks, and the other games over the weekend, I made some serious progress on merging tcprewrite and fragroute.


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