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Berkeley Packet Filter
Last modified: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 

The Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) is a new architecture for user-level packet capture. BPF provides a raw interface to data link layers in a protocol-independent fashion. All packets on the network, even those destined for other hosts, are accessible through this mechanism.

* The packet filter appears as a character special device, /dev/bpf0, /dev/bpf1 and so on. After opening the device, the file descriptor must be bound to a specific network interface. A given interface can be shared by multiple listeners, and the filter underlying each descriptor will see an identical packet stream. A separate device file is required for each minor device. * [Adapted from FreeBSD Man Pages]
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Filtering IDS Packets
The simplest and most efficient way to extract needed data from the ever-growing database logging these packets is to use a combination of Berkeley packet filters (bpf) and bitmask filters.

Manual Reference Pages - BPF
Includes a BPF synopsis, overview, header and filter information, along with examples, files, and bugs.

The BSD Packet Filter (PDF)
The BSD Packet Filter (BPF) uses a new, register based filter evaluator that is up to 20 times faster than the original design. BPF also uses a straightforward buffering strategy that makes its overall performance up to 100 times faster than Sun’s NIT running on the same hardware.

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