# OS setup

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/os-setup/123>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [February 13, 2001, 9:55am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/os-setup/123 "2001-02-13T09:55:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Vern](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/vern/32/630_2.png) [@Vern](https://community.zeek.org/u/Vern)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 9:55am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/os-setup/123/1 "2001-02-13T09:55:35Z")

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Sorry for the lengthy delay in replying to the recent messages - I had  
\*three\* papers due during the last couple of weeks, and was completely  
buried working on them.

> - libpcap that doesn't limit buffer sizes : how to know ? I got the libcap  
> (v0.5)provided with freeBSD 4.2

Here's a patch to fix pcap-bpf.c.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vern

\*\*\* pcap-bpf.c 1998/07/12 13:14:55 1.31  
--- pcap-bpf.c 2000/01/26 23:21:30

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/os-setup/123/2 "2022-05-06T15:36:15Z")

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