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| author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2002-05-20 19:13:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2002-05-20 19:13:20 +0000 |
| commit | 198c46df1e2e41e408ae09057899cf847ae5a1f6 (patch) | |
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Update the README to refer to "--without-ucdsnmp" rather than
"--disable-snmp", and to note that UCD SNMP 4.2.4 *or later* fix the
potential buffer overflow problems.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.56 2002/05/15 21:50:26 gram Exp $ +$Id: README,v 1.57 2002/05/20 19:13:20 guy Exp $ General Information ------- ----------- @@ -181,16 +181,18 @@ SNMP Ethereal can do some basic decoding of SNMP packets; it can also use the UCD SNMP library, version 4.2.2 or later, to do more sophisticated decoding, by reading MIB files and using the information in those files -to display OIDs and variable binding values in a friendlier fashion The -configure script will automatically determine whether you have the UCD -SNMP library on your system, and will use it if it's version 4.2.2 or -later. If you have an SNMP library but _do not_ want to have ethereal -use it, you can run configure with the "--disable-snmp" option. (If you -have an earlier version of the UCD SNMP library on your system, the -configure script will stop, reporting that it can't find the +to display OIDs and variable binding values in a friendlier fashion. +The configure script will automatically determine whether you have the +UCD SNMP library on your system, and will use it if it's version 4.2.2 +or later. If you have an SNMP library but _do not_ want to have +ethereal use it, you can run configure with the "--without-ucdsnmp" +option. + +If you have an earlier version of the UCD SNMP library on your system, +the configure script will stop, reporting that it can't find the "sprint_realloc_objid()" routine; you should either upgrade to version -4.2.4, as that version fixes some potential buffer overflow problems, or -should configure with "--disable-snmp".) +4.2.4 or later, as UCD SNMP 4.2.4 fixes some potential buffer overflow +problems, or should configure with "--without-ucdsnmp". How to Report a Bug |