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Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Capture interface list dialog in menu "Capture/Interfaces..."

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 02:51:09 -0700
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 11:42:53AM +0200, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Especially at the time, when the router changes it's mind about the route.

If the router changes its mind about the route, the only way you're
going to get the traffic you want is to capture on all interfaces on
which the packet could conceivably arrive.

> As I would think of Ethereal as a measuring tool, I would like accuracy 
> for the features it provides.

A feature with 90% accuracy might still be more useful than no feature
at all.