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    1: README for iftop
    2: $Id: README,v 1.1.1.1 2012/02/21 16:57:34 misho 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.
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   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.
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   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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