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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>WinPcap does not bypass the OS. It bypasses the TCP/IP
stack. WinPcap is a protocol driver and sits in parallel with the TCP/IP
protocol driver. It communicates with the NICs through their drivers using NDIS
(which is the standard networking infrastructure on Windows). Figure 2 of the
ISCC paper.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Have a nice day</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>GV</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bil.shah@gmail.com
href="mailto:bil.shah@gmail.com">Bilal Shahid</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 09, 2010 6:26 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=winpcap-users@winpcap.org
href="mailto:winpcap-users@winpcap.org">winpcap-users@winpcap.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Winpcap-users] Risk related to using winPcap in place
of</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA" lang=EN-CA>></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black" lang=EN-CA> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Do you have any reason to believe that if you implement your own protocol (or re-implement existing protocols) you will actually reduce latency?</SPAN></PRE>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN>It
bypasses OS and transport and application layer by going directly to wire is the
reason why I think it will reduce latency. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">These two
articles on <A href="http://wincap.org">wincap.org</A> also imply the
same</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A
title="http://www.winpcap.org/docs/WinPcap-SBAC03.pdf CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.winpcap.org/docs/WinPcap-SBAC03.pdf">http://www.winpcap.org/docs/WinPcap-SBAC03.pdf</A></P>
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title="http://www.winpcap.org/docs/iscc01-wpcap.pdf CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.winpcap.org/docs/iscc01-wpcap.pdf">http://www.winpcap.org/docs/iscc01-wpcap.pdf</A><SPAN
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