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On 1/6/2010 3:04 PM, Karthik Balaguru wrote:
> - For pure Windows applications(Windows Native approach) that require
> raw sockets, we can use winpcap.

WinPCap is not "raw sockets".  The term "sockets" refers to the BSD 
Sockets programming API, or related ones like Winsock.  WinPCap is a 
completely different API.

It may be true that you can do what you want with WinPCap.  Just don't 
confuse people by saying you're using "raw sockets".

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