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1.1     ! misho       1: README for iftop
        !             2: $Id: README,v 1.8 2003/06/06 22:42:34 pdw Exp $
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        !             4: Read the INSTALL file, manual page and source code for more information.
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        !             6: iftop must be run as root.
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        !             8: KNOWN ISSUES
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        !            10: RedHat 7.2:
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        !            12: There is a bug in the version of ncurses distibuted with RedHat 7.2 that
        !            13: will cause iftop to segfault.  The RPM in RedHat's Rawhide distribution
        !            14: fixes this.
        !            15: 
        !            16: Slackware 8.1:
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        !            18: You may need to upgrade your libpcap (by updating the tcpdump package) 
        !            19: in order to compile iftop.
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        !            21: FreeBSD 4.7:
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        !            23: This version of FreeBSD lacks a proper gethostbyaddr_r function. You should
        !            24: choose an alternative name resolution technique using the --with-resolver=...
        !            25: option to configure.
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        !            27: Solaris:
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        !            29: On Solaris, iftop has to run in promiscuous mode in order to capture
        !            30: outgoing packets.  iftop autoconfigures to run in promiscuous mode on
        !            31: Solaris, but will filter out non-broadcast packets which are not
        !            32: addressed to or from localhost.  On Solaris, the -p option merely
        !            33: disables that filter.
        !            34: 
        !            35: If you have some other sort of system that behaves like Solaris in
        !            36: needing promiscuous mode, you can pass --enable-default-promiscuous to
        !            37: configure to enable this behavior.
        !            38: 
        !            39: Cf. http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/2002/02/msg00010.html
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        !            41: The version of curses distributed with Solaris may not be sufficient for
        !            42: iftop's needs. You will probably need ncurses or similar.
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