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Changes 227
MANIFEST 08
META.yml 1117
Makefile.PL 8498
Pcap.pm 284227
Pcap.xs 2624
README 2124
bin/pcapinfo 3447
eg/pcapdump 0219
eg/pktdump.pl 038
t/00-load.t 63
t/01-api.t 359
t/02-lookup.t 66
t/03-openlive.t 33
t/04-loop.t 53
t/05-dump.t 22
t/06-offline.t 158
t/07-stats.t 22
t/08-filter.t 77
t/09-error.t 22
t/10-fileno.t 22
t/11-snapshot.t 22
t/12-next.t 33
t/13-dispatch.t 22
t/14-datalink.t 22
t/15-is_swapped.t 33
t/16-setnonblock.t 22
t/17-lib_version.t 510
t/18-open_dead.t 22
t/19-breakloop.t 22
t/20-constants.t 11
t/21-next_ex.t 081
t/22-open.t 0117
t/23-srcstr.t 082
t/50-poe-component-pcap.t 085
t/Utils.pm 713
t/distchk.t 05
t/pod.t 33
t/podcover.t 45
t/podspell.t 066
t/portfs.t 33
typemap 01
42 files changed (This is a version diff) 5561316
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
-The (quite complex) revision history for Net-Pcap
+The revision history for Net-Pcap
+
+2008.01.01 - 0.16 - Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni (SAPER)
+  - [BUGFIX] A typo prevented the new function names from working.
+  - [TESTS] Added new tests: 21-next_ex.t, 22-open.t, 23-srcstr.t, 
+    50-poe-component-pcap.t
+  - [TESTS] Added support for user prefered device. See README.
+  - [TESTS] Improved small bits of the tests here and there.
+
+2007.12.02 - 0.15 - Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni (SAPER)
+  - [BUGFIX] CPAN-RT#30745: Fix WinPcap support.
+  - [BUGFIX] CPAN-RT#25076: Fix next_ex().
+  - [API] Now providing "pcap_"-prefixed aliases for all functions.
+    Documentation was changed to use these names instead of the old ones.
+  - [CMD] pcapinfo(1) no longer need IO::Interface.
+  - [TESTS] CPAN-RT#30903: Fix t/03-openlive.t failure on Linux.
+  - [DOC] CPAN-RT#27369: Several documentation fixes.
+  - [DOC] CPAN-RT#31111: Document that pcap_stats() does not work 
+    on savefiles.
+
+2006.09.11 - 0.15_01 - Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni (SAPER)
+  - [DIST] Rewrote the functions detection code using DynaLoader.
+  - [TESTS] Fixed small typo in warning message from t/podcover.t. Thanks
+    to "Ani" on FreeNode.
+  - [DOC] Improved documentation.
+  - [EG] Added example script eg/pktdump.pl
 
 2006.09.05 - 0.14 - Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni (SAPER)
   - [DIST] RT#21219: Now use a default flag.
@@ -32,7 +57,7 @@ The (quite complex) revision history for Net-Pcap
   - [TESTS] Updated t/03-openlive.t with diagnostics for FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
 
 2005.11.28 - 0.11 - Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni (SAPER)
-  - [CODE] Added the pcapinfo command.
+  - [CMD] Added the pcapinfo command.
   - [DIST] Cygwin installation was simplified and should now Just Work.
   - [TESTS] Improved the whole test suite to make it use the best device
     it can find (was needed for Cygwin & Win32).
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ fallback/const-c.inc
 fallback/const-xs.inc
 stubs.inc
 bin/pcapinfo
+eg/pktdump.pl
+eg/pcapdump
 t/Utils.pm
 t/00-load.t
 t/01-api.t
@@ -33,7 +35,13 @@ t/17-lib_version.t
 t/18-open_dead.t
 t/19-breakloop.t
 t/20-constants.t
+t/21-next_ex.t
+t/22-open.t
+t/23-srcstr.t
+t/50-poe-component-pcap.t
+t/distchk.t
 t/podcover.t
+t/podspell.t
 t/pod.t
 t/portfs.t
 t/README
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
-# http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec.html
-#XXXXXXX This is a prototype!!!  It will change in the future!!! XXXXX#
-name:         Net-Pcap
-version:      0.14
-version_from: Pcap.pm
-installdirs:  site
-requires:
-    IO::Interface:                 0
+--- #YAML:1.0
+name:                Net-Pcap
+version:             0.16
+abstract:            Interface to pcap(3) LBL packet capture library
+license:             perl
+author:              
+    - Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni <sebastien@aperghis.net>
+generated_by:        ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.42
+distribution_type:   module
+requires:     
+    Carp:                          0
+    Socket:                        0
+    Sys::Hostname:                 0
     Test::More:                    0.45
-
-distribution_type: module
-generated_by: ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.30
+    XSLoader:                      0
+meta-spec:
+    url:     http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-v1.3.html
+    version: 1.3
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 eval "use ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Coverage";
 use File::Spec;
 
-my($DEBUG,%options,$DEVNULL,$is_Win32,$has_Win32);
+
+my ($DEBUG, %options, $DEVNULL, $is_Win32, $has_Win32);
 
 if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
     $options{LIBS}    = '-lwpcap';
@@ -13,15 +14,15 @@ if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
 
     # patch ActivePerl CORE/sys/socket.h
     win32_sys_socket_patch();
-
-} elsif ($^O eq 'cygwin') {
+}
+elsif ($^O eq 'cygwin') {
     $options{LIBS}    = '-lwpcap';
     $options{DEFINE}  = '-DWPCAP -D_CYGWIN -DWIN32';
 
     cygwin_pcap_headers();
-
-} else {
-    $options{CCFLAGS} = '-Wall' if $Config{cc} eq 'gcc' and $] >= 5.006;
+}
+else {
+    $options{CCFLAGS} = '-Wall -Wwrite-strings' if $Config{ccname} eq 'gcc' and $] >= 5.006;
     $options{LIBS}    = '-lpcap';
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ for my $arg (@ARGV) {
 #      in recent version and is the only function that can be called 
 #      with no argument.
 if ($has_Win32) { # ActivePerl, Cygwin
-    die <<"REASON" unless have_library('wpcap', 'blank', 'pcap');
+    warn <<"REASON" and exit unless have_library('wpcap', 'blank', 'pcap');
         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 The WinPcap driver is not installed on this machine. \a
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ Or get and install the WinPcap developer's pack from
 REASON
 
 } else { # other systems (Unix)
-    die <<"REASON" unless have_library('pcap');
+    warn <<"REASON" and exit unless have_library('pcap');
         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 You appear to lack the pcap(3) library. \a
 
@@ -103,36 +104,46 @@ REASON
 # missing functions with croaking stubs. 
 # We also store the list of available functions in a file for skipping the 
 # corresponding tests. 
-my @funcs = detect_available_functions();
-$options{DEFINE} .= list_to_defines(@funcs);
-open(FUNCS, '>funcs.txt') or warn "can't write 'funcs.txt': $!\n";
+my @funcs = have_functions(find_functions());
+$options{DEFINE} .= cpp_defines(@funcs);
+open(FUNCS, '>funcs.txt') or warn "warning: can't write 'funcs.txt': $!\n";
 print FUNCS join("\n", @funcs), "\n";
 close(FUNCS);
 
 
 WriteMakefile(
-    'NAME'             => 'Net::Pcap',
-    'AUTHOR'           => 'Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni <sebastien@aperghis.net>',
-    'DISTNAME'         => 'Net-Pcap',
-    'VERSION_FROM'     => 'Pcap.pm',
-    'ABSTRACT_FROM'    => 'Pcap.pm',
-    'PL_FILES'         => {}, 
-    'EXE_FILES'        => [ 'bin/pcapinfo' ], 
-    'PREREQ_PM'        => {
-        'IO::Interface' => '0', # needed for pcapinfo(1)
-        'Test::More' => '0.45', 
+    NAME            => 'Net::Pcap',
+    LICENSE         => 'perl',
+    AUTHOR          => 'Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni <sebastien@aperghis.net>',
+    DISTNAME        => 'Net-Pcap',
+    VERSION_FROM    => 'Pcap.pm',
+    ABSTRACT_FROM   => 'Pcap.pm',
+    PL_FILES        => {}, 
+    EXE_FILES       => [ 'bin/pcapinfo' ], 
+    PREREQ_PM       => {
+        # module prereqs
+        'Carp'          => '0',
+        'XSLoader'      => '0',
+
+        # pcapinfo prereqs
+        'Sys::Hostname' => '0',
+
+        # build/test prereqs
+        'Socket'        => '0',
+        'Test::More'    => '0.45',
     },
-    dist => { 'COMPRESS' => "gzip -9f", 'SUFFIX'   => "gz" }, 
-    clean => { FILES => 'Net-Pcap-* macros.all' }, 
+    dist        => { 'COMPRESS' => "gzip -9f", 'SUFFIX'   => "gz" }, 
+    clean       => { FILES => 'Net-Pcap-* macros.all' }, 
     %options,        # appropriate CCFLAFS, LDFLAGS and Define's
 );
 
-if(eval {require ExtUtils::Constant; 1}) {
+if (eval { require ExtUtils::Constant; 1 }) {
     # If you edit these definitions to change the constants used by this module,
     # you will need to use the generated const-c.inc and const-xs.inc
     # files to replace their "fallback" counterparts before distributing your
     # changes.
-    my @names = (qw(BPF_A BPF_ABS BPF_ADD BPF_ALIGNMENT BPF_ALU BPF_AND BPF_B
+    my @names = (qw(
+        BPF_A BPF_ABS BPF_ADD BPF_ALIGNMENT BPF_ALU BPF_AND BPF_B
         BPF_DIV BPF_H BPF_IMM BPF_IND BPF_JA BPF_JEQ BPF_JGE BPF_JGT
         BPF_JMP BPF_JSET BPF_K BPF_LD BPF_LDX BPF_LEN BPF_LSH
         BPF_MAJOR_VERSION BPF_MAXBUFSIZE BPF_MAXINSNS BPF_MEM
@@ -160,7 +171,8 @@ if(eval {require ExtUtils::Constant; 1}) {
         PCAP_VERSION_MAJOR PCAP_VERSION_MINOR OPENFLAG_PROMISCUOUS 
         OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP OPENFLAG_NOCAPTURE_RPCAP RMTAUTH_NULL RMTAUTH_PWD
         PCAP_SAMP_NOSAMP PCAP_SAMP_FIRST_AFTER_N_MS PCAP_SAMP_1_EVERY_N 
-        PCAP_SRC_FILE PCAP_SRC_IFLOCAL PCAP_SRC_IFREMOTE));
+        PCAP_SRC_FILE PCAP_SRC_IFLOCAL PCAP_SRC_IFREMOTE
+    ));
 
     ExtUtils::Constant::WriteConstants(
             NAME         => 'pcap',
@@ -173,14 +185,20 @@ if(eval {require ExtUtils::Constant; 1}) {
     open(MACROS, '>macros.all') or warn "can't write 'macros.all': $!\n";
     print MACROS join $/, @names;
     close(MACROS);
-
-} else {
-    eval 'use File::Copy';
+}
+elsif (eval "use File::Copy; 1") {
     foreach my $file ('const-c.inc', 'const-xs.inc') {
         my $fallback = File::Spec->catfile('fallback', $file);
         copy ($fallback, $file) or die "Can't copy $fallback to $file: $!";
     }
 }
+else {
+    die <<"REASON"
+        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+Your Perl installation lacks both File::Copy and ExtUtils::Constant.\a
+        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+REASON
+}
 
 
 # The following function patches ActivePerl CORE/sys/socket.h 
@@ -260,6 +278,7 @@ sub cygwin_pcap_headers {
 ###################################################################
 
 use Config;
+use DynaLoader;
 use Symbol;
 
 BEGIN {
@@ -277,9 +296,11 @@ BEGIN {
 sub rm_f {
     my @files = @_;
     my @realfiles;
+
     foreach (@files) {
         push @realfiles, glob($_);
     }
+
     if (@realfiles) {
         chmod(0777, @realfiles);
         unlink(@realfiles);
@@ -289,15 +310,18 @@ sub rm_f {
 sub rm_fr {
     my @files = @_;
     my @realfiles;
+
     foreach (@files) {
         push @realfiles, glob($_);
     }
+
     foreach my $file (@realfiles) {
         if (-d $file) {
             # warn("$file is a directory\n");
             rm_fr("$file/*");
             rm_fr("$file/.exists");
             rmdir($file) || die "Couldn't remove $file: $!";
+
         } else {
             # warn("removing $file\n");
             chmod(0777, $file);
@@ -308,6 +332,7 @@ sub rm_fr {
 
 sub xsystem {
     my $command = shift;
+
     if ($DEBUG) {
         print "\nxsystem: ", $command, "\n";
         if (system($command) != 0) {
@@ -315,6 +340,7 @@ sub xsystem {
         }
         return 1;
     }
+
     open(OLDOUT, ">&STDOUT");
     open(OLDERR, ">&STDERR");
     open(STDOUT, ">$DEVNULL");
@@ -322,23 +348,21 @@ sub xsystem {
     my $retval = system($command);
     open(STDOUT, ">&OLDOUT");
     open(STDERR, ">&OLDERR");
-    if ($retval != 0) {
-        die "system call to '$command' failed";
-    }
+    die "system call to '$command' failed" if $retval != 0;
     return 1;
 }
 
 sub backtick {
     my $command = shift;
+
     if ($DEBUG) {
         print $command, "\n";
         my $results = `$command`;
         chomp $results;
-        if ($? != 0) {
-            die "backticks call to '$command' failed";
-        }
+        die "backticks call to '$command' failed" if $? != 0;
         return $results;
     }
+
     open(OLDOUT, ">&STDOUT");
     open(OLDERR, ">&STDERR");
     open(STDOUT, ">$DEVNULL");
@@ -347,16 +371,17 @@ sub backtick {
     my $retval = $?;
     open(STDOUT, ">&OLDOUT");
     open(STDERR, ">&OLDERR");
-    if ($retval != 0) {
-        die "backticks call to '$command' failed";
-    }
+    die "backticks call to '$command' failed" if $retval != 0;
     chomp $results;
     return $results;
 }
 
 sub try_link0 {
     my ($src, $opt) = @_;
+
     my $cfile = gensym();
+    $opt ||= '';
+    
     # local $options{LIBS};
     # $options{LIBS} .= $opt;
     unless (mkdir(".testlink", 0777)) {
@@ -424,9 +449,7 @@ EOT
 
 sub try_link {
     my $start_dir = cwd();
-    my $result = eval {
-        try_link0(@_);
-    };
+    my $result = eval { try_link0(@_) };
     warn $@ if $DEBUG && $@;
     chdir($start_dir);
     rm_fr(".testlink");
@@ -502,9 +525,31 @@ SRC
     return 1;
 }
 
-# old functions are hard-coded for libpcap, but you get the idea
-sub detect_available_functions {
-    my @defines = ();
+
+sub have_functions {
+    my @funcs = ();
+    print "detecting available functions... ";
+
+    my @paths = DynaLoader::dl_findfile(qw(-lpcap));
+    my $libref = DynaLoader::dl_load_file($paths[0]);
+
+    for my $func (@_) {
+        my $symref = DynaLoader::dl_find_symbol($libref, $func);
+        push @funcs, $func if defined $symref
+    }
+
+    print "ok\n";
+    return @funcs
+}
+
+sub cpp_defines {
+    return join '', sort map { " -DHAVE_\U$_" } @_
+}
+
+
+sub find_functions {
+    # these functions are present since the very beginning so there's no need
+    # to search for them
     my %old_func = map { $_ => 1 } qw(
         pcap_lookupdev  pcap_lookupnet  pcap_open_live  pcap_open_offline
         pcap_close      pcap_loop       pcap_dispatch   pcap_next   pcap_stats
@@ -514,48 +559,17 @@ sub detect_available_functions {
         pcap_perror     pcap_strerror   pcap_geterr
     );
 
-    print "trying to detect actually available functions... ";
-
-    # create a file that include pcap.h
-    my $header = 'find-funcs.h';
-    my $preprocessed = 'cpp-out.h';
-    open(HEADER, ">$header") 
-        or warn "Can't write basic header ($!). Skipping functions detection.\n" 
-        and return '';
-    print HEADER "#include <pcap.h>\n";
-    close(HEADER);
-
-    # now preprocess this header
-    # Unfortunately, this is not very portable right now because there is 
-    # no Config stuff for calling the C preprocessor on files. And calling 
-    # it using stdin/stdout means pipes, hence even harder to do it in 
-    # a sane and portable way. Yuck!
-    if($is_Win32) { # ActiveState
-        eval { xsystem("$Config{cpprun} -P $options{INC} $options{DEFINE} $Config{cppflags} $header") };
-        (my $ppiname = $header) =~ s/\.h$/.i/;
-        rename $ppiname, $preprocessed;
-    } else { # Unix and Cygwin
-        my %ppopts = ( default => '-o', gcc => '-o', cc_r => '' );
-        my $ppopt = $ppopts{ $Config{cc} } || $ppopts{default};
-        eval { xsystem("$Config{cpprun} $options{INC} $options{DEFINE} $Config{cppflags} $header $ppopt $preprocessed") };
-    }
-    die "\nerror: $@\n" if $@;
-
-    # now parse the output file
-    open(CPP, $preprocessed) 
-        or warn "Can't read file '$preprocessed' ($!). Skipping functions detection.\n"
-        and return '';
-    while(<CPP>) {
-        /(pcap_\w+)\s*\(/ and not $old_func{$1} and push @defines, $1
+    my @funcs = ();
+
+    # search for the functions list in the documentation
+    open(PM, '<Pcap.pm') or die "fatal: can't read 'Pcap.pm': $!\n";
+    while (my $line = <PM>) {
+        next unless $line =~ /^=item +B<(pcap_\w+)\(.*\)>$/;
+        push @funcs, $1 unless $old_func{$1};
     }
-    close(CPP);
 
-    unlink($header,$preprocessed);
+    close(PM);
 
-    print "ok\n";
-    return @defines
+    return @funcs
 }
 
-sub list_to_defines {
-    return join '', sort map { " -DHAVE_\U$_" } @_
-}
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # An interface to the LBL pcap(3) library.  This module simply
 # bootstraps the extensions defined in Pcap.xs
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni. All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (C) 2003 Marco Carnut. All rights reserved. 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Tim Potter. All rights reserved. 
+# Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Tim Potter. All rights reserved. 
 # Copyright (C) 1998 Bo Adler. All rights reserved. 
 # Copyright (C) 1997 Peter Lister. All rights reserved. 
 # 
@@ -16,13 +16,42 @@
 package Net::Pcap;
 use strict;
 require Exporter;
-use AutoLoader;
 use Carp;
 
-{   no strict;
-    $VERSION = '0.14';
 
-    @ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader);
+# functions names
+my @func_short_names = qw(
+    lookupdev  findalldevs  lookupnet
+    open_live  open_dead  open_offline  loop  breakloop  close  dispatch
+    next  next_ex  compile  compile_nopcap  setfilter  freecode
+    setnonblock  getnonblock
+    dump_open  dump  dump_file  dump_flush  dump_close
+    datalink  set_datalink  datalink_name_to_val  datalink_val_to_name
+    datalink_val_to_description
+    snapshot  is_swapped  major_version  minor_version  stats
+    file  fileno  get_selectable_fd  geterr  strerror  perror
+    lib_version  createsrcstr  parsesrcstr  open  setbuff  setuserbuffer
+    setmode  setmintocopy  getevent  sendpacket
+    sendqueue_alloc  sendqueue_queue  sendqueue_transmit
+);
+
+my @func_long_names = map { "pcap_$_" } @func_short_names;
+
+
+# functions aliases
+{
+    no strict "refs";
+    for my $func (@func_short_names) {
+        *{ __PACKAGE__ . "::pcap_$func" } = \&{ __PACKAGE__ . "::" . $func }
+    }
+}
+
+
+{
+    no strict "vars";
+    $VERSION = '0.16';
+
+    @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 
     %EXPORT_TAGS = (
         'bpf' => [qw(
@@ -31,19 +60,21 @@ use Carp;
         )], 
         'datalink' => [qw(
             DLT_AIRONET_HEADER  DLT_APPLE_IP_OVER_IEEE1394  DLT_ARCNET
-            DLT_ARCNET_LINUX  DLT_ATM_CLIP  DLT_ATM_RFC1483  DLT_AURORA  DLT_AX25
-            DLT_CHAOS  DLT_CHDLC  DLT_CISCO_IOS  DLT_C_HDLC  DLT_DOCSIS  DLT_ECONET
-            DLT_EN10MB  DLT_EN3MB  DLT_ENC  DLT_FDDI  DLT_FRELAY  DLT_HHDLC
-            DLT_IBM_SN  DLT_IBM_SP  DLT_IEEE802  DLT_IEEE802_11  DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO
-            DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO_AVS  DLT_IPFILTER  DLT_IP_OVER_FC  DLT_JUNIPER_ATM1
-            DLT_JUNIPER_ATM2  DLT_JUNIPER_ES  DLT_JUNIPER_GGSN  DLT_JUNIPER_MFR
-            DLT_JUNIPER_MLFR  DLT_JUNIPER_MLPPP  DLT_JUNIPER_MONITOR  DLT_JUNIPER_SERVICES
-            DLT_LINUX_IRDA  DLT_LINUX_SLL  DLT_LOOP  DLT_LTALK  DLT_NULL  DLT_OLD_PFLOG
-            DLT_PCI_EXP  DLT_PFLOG  DLT_PFSYNC  DLT_PPP  DLT_PPP_BSDOS  DLT_PPP_ETHER
-            DLT_PPP_SERIAL  DLT_PRISM_HEADER  DLT_PRONET  DLT_RAW  DLT_RIO  DLT_SLIP
-            DLT_SLIP_BSDOS  DLT_SUNATM  DLT_SYMANTEC_FIREWALL  DLT_TZSP  DLT_USER0
-            DLT_USER1  DLT_USER2  DLT_USER3  DLT_USER4  DLT_USER5  DLT_USER6  DLT_USER7
-            DLT_USER8  DLT_USER9  DLT_USER10  DLT_USER11  DLT_USER12  DLT_USER13
+            DLT_ARCNET_LINUX  DLT_ATM_CLIP  DLT_ATM_RFC1483  DLT_AURORA
+            DLT_AX25  DLT_CHAOS  DLT_CHDLC  DLT_CISCO_IOS  DLT_C_HDLC
+            DLT_DOCSIS  DLT_ECONET  DLT_EN10MB  DLT_EN3MB  DLT_ENC  DLT_FDDI
+            DLT_FRELAY  DLT_HHDLC  DLT_IBM_SN  DLT_IBM_SP  DLT_IEEE802
+            DLT_IEEE802_11  DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO  DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO_AVS
+            DLT_IPFILTER  DLT_IP_OVER_FC  DLT_JUNIPER_ATM1  DLT_JUNIPER_ATM2
+            DLT_JUNIPER_ES  DLT_JUNIPER_GGSN  DLT_JUNIPER_MFR  DLT_JUNIPER_MLFR
+            DLT_JUNIPER_MLPPP  DLT_JUNIPER_MONITOR  DLT_JUNIPER_SERVICES
+            DLT_LINUX_IRDA  DLT_LINUX_SLL  DLT_LOOP  DLT_LTALK  DLT_NULL
+            DLT_OLD_PFLOG  DLT_PCI_EXP  DLT_PFLOG  DLT_PFSYNC  DLT_PPP
+            DLT_PPP_BSDOS  DLT_PPP_ETHER  DLT_PPP_SERIAL  DLT_PRISM_HEADER
+            DLT_PRONET  DLT_RAW  DLT_RIO  DLT_SLIP  DLT_SLIP_BSDOS  DLT_SUNATM
+            DLT_SYMANTEC_FIREWALL  DLT_TZSP  DLT_USER0  DLT_USER1  DLT_USER2
+            DLT_USER3  DLT_USER4  DLT_USER5  DLT_USER6  DLT_USER7  DLT_USER8
+            DLT_USER9  DLT_USER10  DLT_USER11  DLT_USER12  DLT_USER13
             DLT_USER14  DLT_USER15
         )], 
         mode => [qw(
@@ -67,20 +98,19 @@ use Carp;
         )],
         functions => [qw(
             lookupdev  findalldevs  lookupnet
-            open_live  open_dead  open_offline  pcap_open  pcap_close
-            dump_open  pcap_dump  dump_close  dump_file  dump_flush
-            compile  compile_nopcap  set_filter  freecode
-            dispatch  pcap_next  next_ex  loop  breakloop
+            open_live  open_dead  open_offline
+            dump_open  dump_close  dump_file  dump_flush
+            compile  compile_nopcap  setfilter  freecode
+            dispatch  next_ex  loop  breakloop
             datalink  set_datalink  datalink_name_to_val  
             datalink_val_to_name  datalink_val_to_description
-            snapshot  pcap_file  pcap_fileno  get_selectable_fd
-            is_swapped  major_version  minor_version
-            geterr strerror perror
-            lib_version
+            snapshot  get_selectable_fd
+            stats  is_swapped  major_version  minor_version
+            geterr  strerror  perror  lib_version
             createsrcstr  parsesrcstr
             setbuff  setuserbuffer  setmode  setmintocopy  getevent  sendpacket
             sendqueue_alloc  sendqueue_queue  sendqueue_transmit
-        )], 
+        ), @func_long_names ], 
     );
 
     @EXPORT = (
@@ -106,18 +136,21 @@ use Carp;
     };
 }
 
+
 sub AUTOLOAD {
     # This AUTOLOAD is used to 'autoload' constants from the constant()
     # XS function.
 
-    no strict;
+    no strict "vars";
     my $constname;
     ($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://;
+    return if $constname eq "DESTROY";
     croak "Net::Pcap::constant() not defined" if $constname eq 'constant';
     my ($error, $val) = constant($constname);
     if ($error) { croak $error; }
 
-    {   no strict 'refs';
+    {
+        no strict "refs";
 	# Fixed between 5.005_53 and 5.005_61
 #XXX    if ($] >= 5.00561) {
 #XXX        *$AUTOLOAD = sub () { $val };
@@ -129,34 +162,26 @@ sub AUTOLOAD {
 }
 
 
-# Functions aliases
-*Net::Pcap::pcap_open   = \&Net::Pcap::open;
-*Net::Pcap::pcap_close  = \&Net::Pcap::close;
-*Net::Pcap::pcap_next   = \&Net::Pcap::next;
-*Net::Pcap::pcap_dump   = \&Net::Pcap::dump;
-*Net::Pcap::pcap_file   = \&Net::Pcap::file;
-*Net::Pcap::pcap_fileno = \&Net::Pcap::fileno;
-
-
 # Perl wrapper for DWIM
 sub findalldevs {
-    croak "Usage: Net::Pcap::findalldevs(devinfo, err)" unless @_ and @_ <= 2 and ref $_[0];
-    
+    croak "Usage: pcap_findalldevs(devinfo, err)"
+        unless @_ and @_ <= 2 and ref $_[0];
+
     # findalldevs(\$err), legacy from Marco Carnut 0.05
     my %devinfo = ();
-    ( ref $_[0] eq 'SCALAR' and return Net::Pcap::findalldevs_xs(\%devinfo, $_[0]) ) 
+    ( ref $_[0] eq 'SCALAR' and return findalldevs_xs(\%devinfo, $_[0]) ) 
         or croak "arg1 not a scalar ref"
         if @_ == 1;
-    
+
     # findalldevs(\$err, \%devinfo), legacy from Jean-Louis Morel 0.04.02
     ref $_[0] eq 'SCALAR' and (
-        ( ref $_[1] eq 'HASH' and return Net::Pcap::findalldevs_xs($_[1], $_[0]) )
+        ( ref $_[1] eq 'HASH' and return findalldevs_xs($_[1], $_[0]) )
         or croak "arg2 not a hash ref"
     );
 
     # findalldevs(\%devinfo, \$err), new, correct syntax, consistent with libpcap(3)
     ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' and (
-        ( ref $_[1] eq 'SCALAR' and return Net::Pcap::findalldevs_xs($_[0], $_[1]) )
+        ( ref $_[1] eq 'SCALAR' and return findalldevs_xs($_[0], $_[1]) )
             or croak "arg2 not a scalar ref"
     );
 
@@ -175,23 +200,23 @@ Net::Pcap - Interface to pcap(3) LBL packet capture library
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-Version 0.14
+Version 0.16
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
     use Net::Pcap;
 
     my $err = '';
-    my $dev = Net::Pcap::lookupdev(\$err);  # find a device
+    my $dev = pcap_lookupdev(\$err);  # find a device
 
     # open the device for live listening
-    my $pcap = Net::Pcap::open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err);
+    my $pcap = pcap_open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err);
 
     # loop over next 10 packets
-    Net::Pcap::loop($pcap, 10, \&process_packet, "just for the demo");
+    pcap_loop($pcap, 10, \&process_packet, "just for the demo");
 
     # close the device
-    Net::Pcap::close($pcap);
+    pcap_close($pcap);
 
     sub process_packet {
         my($user_data, $header, $packet) = @_;
@@ -282,11 +307,15 @@ C<:rpcap> exports the following constants:
 
 =item *
 
-C<:functions> exports the function names, so that you can write C<lookupdev()> 
-instead of C<Net::Pcap::lookupdev()> for example. As some functions would have 
-the same name as existing Perl functions, they have been prefixed by C<pcap_>. 
-This is the case for C<open()>, C<close()>, C<next()>, C<dump()>, C<file()>, 
-C<fileno()>. 
+C<:functions> exports the function names with the same names as the C library, 
+so you can write C<pcap_lookupdev()> instead of C<Net::Pcap::lookupdev()> 
+for example. This should also ease porting C programs to Perl. 
+
+It also exports short names of the functions (without the C<"pcap_"> prefix) 
+for those which would not cause a clash with an already defined name.
+Namely, the following functions are not available in short form: 
+C<open()>, C<close()>, C<next()>, C<dump()>, C<file()>, C<fileno()>. 
+Using these short names is now discouraged, and may be removed in the future.
 
 =back
 
@@ -299,48 +328,48 @@ All functions defined by C<Net::Pcap> are direct mappings to the
 libpcap functions.  Consult the pcap(3) documentation and source code
 for more information.
 
-Arguments that change a parameter, for example C<Net::Pcap::lookupdev()>,
+Arguments that change a parameter, for example C<pcap_lookupdev()>,
 are passed that parameter as a reference.  This is to retain
-compatibility with previous versions of B<Net::Pcap>.
+compatibility with previous versions of C<Net::Pcap>.
 
 =head2 Lookup functions
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<lookupdev(\$err)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::lookupdev(\$err)>
+=item B<pcap_lookupdev(\$err)>
 
 Returns the name of a network device that can be used with
-C<Net::Pcap::open_live()> function.  On error, the C<$err> parameter 
+C<pcap_open_live()> function.  On error, the C<$err> parameter 
 is filled with an appropriate error message else it is undefined.
 
 B<Example>
 
-    $dev = Net::Pcap::lookupdev();
-
+    $dev = pcap_lookupdev();
 
-=item B<findalldevs(\%devinfo, \$err)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::findalldevs(\%devinfo, \$err)>
+=item B<pcap_findalldevs(\%devinfo, \$err)>
 
 Returns a list of all network device names that can be used with
-C<Net::Pcap::open_live()> function.  On error, the C<$err> parameter 
+C<pcap_open_live()> function.  On error, the C<$err> parameter 
 is filled with an appropriate error message else it is undefined.
 
 B<Example>
 
-    @devs = Net::Pcap::findalldevs(\%devinfo, \$err);
+    @devs = pcap_findalldevs(\%devinfo, \$err);
     for my $dev (@devs) {
         print "$dev : $devinfo{$dev}\n"
     }
 
-B<Note:> For backward compatibility reasons, this function can also 
+=over
+
+=item B<Note> 
+
+For backward compatibility reasons, this function can also 
 be called using the following signatures: 
 
-    @devs = Net::Pcap::findalldevs(\$err);
+    @devs = pcap_findalldevs(\$err);
 
-    @devs = Net::Pcap::findalldevs(\$err, \%devinfo);
+    @devs = pcap_findalldevs(\$err, \%devinfo);
 
 The first form was introduced by Marco Carnut in C<Net::Pcap> version 0.05 
 and kept intact in versions 0.06 and 0.07. 
@@ -350,10 +379,10 @@ ActivePerl port of C<Net::Pcap>, in versions 0.04.01 and 0.04.02.
 The new syntax has been introduced for consistency with the rest of the Perl 
 API and the C API of C<libpcap(3)>, where C<$err> is always the last argument. 
 
+=back
 
-=item B<lookupnet($dev, \$net, \$mask, \$err)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::lookupnet($dev, \$net, \$mask, \$err)>
+=item B<pcap_lookupnet($dev, \$net, \$mask, \$err)>
 
 Determine the network number and netmask for the device specified in
 C<$dev>.  The function returns 0 on success and sets the C<$net> and
@@ -366,9 +395,7 @@ C<$err> parameter is filled with an appropriate error message.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<open_live($dev, $snaplen, $promisc, $to_ms, \$err)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::open_live($dev, $snaplen, $promisc, $to_ms, \$err)>
+=item B<pcap_open_live($dev, $snaplen, $promisc, $to_ms, \$err)>
 
 Returns a packet capture descriptor for looking at packets on the
 network.  The C<$dev> parameter specifies which network interface to
@@ -381,14 +408,12 @@ set with an appropriate error message.
 
 B<Example>
 
-    $dev = Net::Pcap::lookupdev();
-    $pcap = Net::Pcap::open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err)
+    $dev = pcap_lookupdev();
+    $pcap = pcap_open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err)
         or die "Can't open device $dev: $err\n";
 
 
-=item B<open_dead($linktype, $snaplen)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::open_dead($linktype, $snaplen)>
+=item B<pcap_open_dead($linktype, $snaplen)>
 
 Creates and returns a new packet descriptor to use when calling the other 
 functions in C<libpcap>. It is typically used when just using C<libpcap> 
@@ -396,27 +421,23 @@ for compiling BPF code.
 
 B<Example>
 
-    $pcap = Net::Pcap::open_dead(0, 1024);
+    $pcap = pcap_open_dead(0, 1024);
 
 
-=item B<open_offline($filename, \$err)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::open_offline($filename, \$err)>
+=item B<pcap_open_offline($filename, \$err)>
 
 Return a packet capture descriptor to read from a previously created
 "savefile".  The returned descriptor is undefined if there was an
 error and in this case the C<$err> parameter will be filled.  Savefiles
-are created using the C<Net::Pcap::dump_*> commands.
+are created using the C<pcap_dump_*> commands.
 
 B<Example>
 
-    $pcap = Net::Pcap::open_offline($dump, \$err)
+    $pcap = pcap_open_offline($dump, \$err)
         or die "Can't read '$dump': $err\n";
 
 
-=item B<loop($pcap, $count, \&callback, $user_data)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::loop($pcap, $count, \&callback, $user_data)>
+=item B<pcap_loop($pcap, $count, \&callback, $user_data)>
 
 Read C<$count> packets from the packet capture descriptor C<$pcap> and call
 the perl function C<&callback> with an argument of C<$user_data>.  
@@ -439,28 +460,28 @@ following fields.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item * C<len>
+=item * 
 
-The total length of the packet.
+C<len> - the total length of the packet.
 
-=item * C<caplen>
+=item * 
 
-The actual captured length of the packet data.  This corresponds to
-the snapshot length parameter passed to C<Net::Pcap::open_live()>.
+C<caplen> - the actual captured length of the packet data.  This corresponds 
+to the snapshot length parameter passed to C<open_live()>.
 
-=item * C<tv_sec>
+=item *
 
-Seconds value of the packet timestamp.
+C<tv_sec> - seconds value of the packet timestamp.
 
-=item * C<tv_usec>
+=item *
 
-Microseconds value of the packet timestamp.
+C<tv_usec> - microseconds value of the packet timestamp.
 
 =back
 
 B<Example>
 
-    Net::Pcap::loop($pcap, 10, \&process_packet, "user data");
+    pcap_loop($pcap, 10, \&process_packet, "user data");
 
     sub process_packet {
         my($user_data, $header, $packet) = @_;
@@ -468,11 +489,9 @@ B<Example>
     }
 
 
-=item B<breakloop($pcap)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::breakloop($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_breakloop($pcap)>
 
-Sets a flag  that will force C<Net::Pcap::dispatch()> or C<Net::Pcap::loop()> 
+Sets a flag  that will force C<pcap_dispatch()> or C<pcap_loop()> 
 to return rather than looping; they will return the number of packets that 
 have been processed so far, or -2 if no packets have been processed so far. 
 
@@ -486,14 +505,10 @@ information.
 
 =item B<pcap_close($pcap)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::close($pcap)>
-
 Close the packet capture device associated with the descriptor C<$pcap>.
 
 
-=item B<dispatch($pcap, $count, \&callback, $user_data)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::dispatch($pcap, $count, \&callback, $user_data)>
+=item B<pcap_dispatch($pcap, $count, \&callback, $user_data)>
 
 Collect C<$count> packets and process them with callback function
 C<&callback>.  if C<$count> is -1, all packets currently buffered are
@@ -502,8 +517,6 @@ processed.  If C<$count> is 0, process all packets until an error occurs.
 
 =item B<pcap_next($pcap, \%header)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::next($pcap, \%header)>
-
 Return the next available packet on the interface associated with
 packet descriptor C<$pcap>.  Into the C<%header> hash is stored the received
 packet header.  If not packet is available, the return value and
@@ -512,8 +525,6 @@ header is undefined.
 
 =item B<pcap_next_ex($pcap, \%header, \$packet)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::next_ex($pcap, \%header, \$packet)>
-
 Reads the next available packet on the interface associated with packet 
 descriptor C<$pcap>, stores its header in C<\%header> and its data in 
 C<\$packet> and returns a success/failure indication: 
@@ -541,9 +552,7 @@ packets to read from the savefile.
 =back
 
 
-=item B<compile($pcap, \$filter, $filter_str, $optimize, $netmask)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::compile($pcap, \$filter, $filter_str, $optimize, $netmask)>
+=item B<pcap_compile($pcap, \$filter, $filter_str, $optimize, $netmask)>
 
 Compile the filter string contained in C<$filter_str> and store it in
 C<$filter>.  A description of the filter language can be found in the
@@ -554,34 +563,26 @@ function returns 0 if the compilation was successful, or -1 if there
 was a problem.
 
 
-=item B<compile_nopcap($snaplen, $linktype, \$filter, $filter_str, $optimize, $netmask)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::compile_nopcap($snaplen, $linktype, \$filter, $filter_str, $optimize, $netmask)>
+=item B<pcap_compile_nopcap($snaplen, $linktype, \$filter, $filter_str, $optimize, $netmask)>
 
 Similar to C<compile()> except that instead of passing a C<$pcap> descriptor, 
 one passes C<$snaplen> and C<$linktype> directly. Returns -1 if there was an 
 error, but the error message is not available. 
 
 
-=item B<setfilter($pcap, $filter)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::setfilter($pcap, $filter)>
+=item B<pcap_setfilter($pcap, $filter)>
 
 Associate the compiled filter stored in C<$filter> with the packet
 capture descriptor C<$pcap>.
 
 
-=item B<freecode($filter)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::freecode($filter)>
+=item B<pcap_freecode($filter)>
 
 Used to free the allocated memory used by a compiled filter, as created 
 by C<pcap_compile()>. 
 
 
-=item B<setnonblock($pcap, $mode, \$err)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::setnonblock($pcap, $mode, \$err)>
+=item B<pcap_setnonblock($pcap, $mode, \$err)>
 
 Set the I<non-blocking> mode of a live capture descriptor, depending on the 
 value of C<$mode> (zero to activate and non-zero to deactivate). It has no 
@@ -594,9 +595,7 @@ return 0  immediately rather than blocking waiting for packets to arrive.
 C<pcap_loop()> and C<pcap_next()> will not work in non-blocking mode. 
 
 
-=item B<getnonblock($pcap, \$err)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::getnonblock($pcap, \$err)>
+=item B<pcap_getnonblock($pcap, \$err)>
 
 Returns the I<non-blocking> state of the capture descriptor C<$pcap>. 
 Always returns 0 on savefiles. If there is an error, it returns -1 and 
@@ -608,60 +607,50 @@ sets C<$err>.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<dump_open($pcap, $filename)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::dump_open($pcap, $filename)>
+=item B<pcap_dump_open($pcap, $filename)>
 
 Open a savefile for writing and return a descriptor for doing so.  If
 C<$filename> is C<"-"> data is written to standard output.  On error, the
-return value is undefined and C<Net::Pcap::geterr()> can be used to
+return value is undefined and C<pcap_geterr()> can be used to
 retrieve the error text.
 
 
 =item B<pcap_dump($dumper, \%header, $packet)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::dump($dumper, \%header, $packet)>
-
 Dump the packet described by header C<%header> and packet data C<$packet> 
 to the savefile associated with C<$dumper>.  The packet header has the
-same format as that passed to the C<Net::Pcap::loop()> callback.
+same format as that passed to the C<pcap_loop()> callback.
 
 B<Example>
 
     my $dump_file = 'network.dmp';
-    my $dev = Net::Pcap::lookupdev();
-    my $pcap = Net::Pcap::open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err);
+    my $dev = pcap_lookupdev();
+    my $pcap = pcap_open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err);
 
-    my $dumper = Net::Pcap::dump_open($pcap, $dump_file);
-    Net::Pcap::loop($pcap, 10, \&process_packet, '');
-    Net::Pcap::dump_close($dumper);
+    my $dumper = pcap_dump_open($pcap, $dump_file);
+    pcap_loop($pcap, 10, \&process_packet, '');
+    pcap_dump_close($dumper);
 
     sub process_packet {
         my($user_data, $header, $packet) = @_;
-        Net::Pcap::dump($dumper, $header, $packet);
+        pcap_dump($dumper, $header, $packet);
     }
 
 
-=item B<dump_file($dumper)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::dump_file($dumper)>
+=item B<pcap_dump_file($dumper)>
 
 Returns the filehandle associated with a savefile opened with
-C<Net::Pcap::dump_open()>.
-
+C<pcap_dump_open()>.
 
-=item B<dump_flush($dumper)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::dump_flush($dumper)>
+=item B<pcap_dump_flush($dumper)>
 
 Flushes the output buffer to the corresponding save file, so that any 
-packets written with C<Net::Pcap::dump()> but not yet written to the save 
+packets written with C<pcap_dump()> but not yet written to the save 
 file will be written. Returns -1 on error, 0 on success.
 
 
-=item B<dump_close($dumper)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::dump_close($dumper)>
+=item B<pcap_dump_close($dumper)>
 
 Close the savefile associated with the descriptor C<$dumper>.
 
@@ -672,28 +661,22 @@ Close the savefile associated with the descriptor C<$dumper>.
 =over 4
 
 
-=item B<datalink($pcap)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::datalink($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_datalink($pcap)>
 
 Returns the link layer type associated with the given pcap descriptor.
 
 B<Example>
 
-    $linktype = Net::Pcap::datalink($pcap);
-
+    $linktype = pcap_datalink($pcap);
 
-=item B<set_datalink($pcap, $linktype)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::set_datalink($pcap, $linktype)>
+=item B<pcap_set_datalink($pcap, $linktype)>
 
 Sets the data link type of the given pcap descriptor to the type specified 
 by C<$linktype>. Returns -1 on failure. 
 
 
-=item B<datalink_name_to_val($name)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::datalink_name_to_val($name)>
+=item B<pcap_datalink_name_to_val($name)>
 
 Translates a data link type name, which is a C<DLT_> name with the C<DLT_> 
 part removed, to the corresponding data link type value. The translation is 
@@ -701,112 +684,95 @@ case-insensitive. Returns -1 on failure.
 
 B<Example>
 
-    $linktype = Net::Pcap::datalink_name_to_val('LTalk');  # returns DLT_LTALK
-
+    $linktype = pcap_datalink_name_to_val('LTalk');  # returns DLT_LTALK
 
-=item B<datalink_val_to_name($linktype)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::datalink_val_to_name($linktype)>
+=item B<pcap_datalink_val_to_name($linktype)>
 
 Translates a data link type value to the corresponding data link type name. 
 
 B<Example>
 
-    $name = Net::Pcap::datalink_val_to_name(DLT_LTALK);  # returns 'LTALK'
-
+    $name = pcap_datalink_val_to_name(DLT_LTALK);  # returns 'LTALK'
 
-=item B<datalink_val_to_description($linktype)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::datalink_val_to_description($linktype)>
+=item B<pcap_datalink_val_to_description($linktype)>
 
 Translates a data link type value to a short description of that data link type.
 
 B<Example>
 
-    $descr = Net::Pcap::datalink_val_to_description(DLT_LTALK);  # returns 'Localtalk'
+    $descr = pcap_datalink_val_to_description(DLT_LTALK);  # returns 'Localtalk'
 
 
-=item B<snapshot($pcap)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::snapshot($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_snapshot($pcap)>
 
 Returns the snapshot length (snaplen) specified in the call to
-C<Net::Pcap::open_live()>.
-
+C<pcap_open_live()>.
 
-=item B<is_swapped($pcap)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::is_swapped($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_is_swapped($pcap)>
 
 This function returns true if the endianness of the currently open
 savefile is different from the endianness of the machine.
 
 
-=item B<major_version($pcap)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::major_version($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_major_version($pcap)>
 
 Return the major version number of the pcap library used to write the
 currently open savefile.
 
 
-=item B<minor_version($pcap)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::minor_version($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_minor_version($pcap)>
 
 Return the minor version of the pcap library used to write the
 currently open savefile.
 
 
-=item B<stats($pcap, \%stats)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::stats($pcap, \%stats)>
+=item B<pcap_stats($pcap, \%stats)>
 
 Returns a hash containing information about the status of packet
 capture device C<$pcap>.  The hash contains the following fields.
 
+This function is supported only on live captures, not on savefiles; 
+no statistics are stored in savefiles, so no statistics are available 
+when reading from a savefile.
+
 =over 4
 
-=item * C<ps_recv>
+=item *
 
-The number of packets received by the packet capture software.
+C<ps_recv> - the number of packets received by the packet capture software.
 
-=item * C<ps_drop>
+=item *
 
-The number of packets dropped by the packet capture software.
+C<ps_drop> - the number of packets dropped by the packet capture software.
 
-=item * C<ps_ifdrop>
+=item *
 
-The number of packets dropped by the network interface.
+C<ps_ifdrop> - the number of packets dropped by the network interface.
 
 =back
 
 
 =item B<pcap_file($pcap)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::file($pcap)>
-
 Returns the filehandle associated with a savefile opened with
-C<Net::Pcap::open_offline()> or C<undef> if the device was opened 
-with C<Net::pcap::open_live()>..
+C<pcap_open_offline()> or C<undef> if the device was opened 
+with C<pcap_open_live()>.
 
 
 =item B<pcap_fileno($pcap)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::fileno($pcap)>
-
-Returns the file number of the network device opened with
-C<Net::Pcap::open_live()>.
-
+Returns the file number of the network device opened with C<pcap_open_live()>.
 
-=item B<get_selectable_fd($pcap)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::get_selectable_fdfileno($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_get_selectable_fd($pcap)>
 
 Returns, on Unix, a file descriptor number for a file descriptor on which 
 one can do a C<select()> or C<poll()> to wait for it to be possible to read 
 packets without blocking, if such a descriptor exists, or -1, if no such 
-descriptor exists. Some network devices opened with C<Net::Pcap::open_live()> 
+descriptor exists. Some network devices opened with C<pcap_open_live()> 
 do not support C<select()> or C<poll()>, so -1 is returned for those devices.
 See L<pcap(3)> for more details. 
 
@@ -816,24 +782,18 @@ See L<pcap(3)> for more details.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<geterr($pcap)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::geterr($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_geterr($pcap)>
 
 Returns an error message for the last error associated with the packet
 capture device C<$pcap>.
 
 
-=item B<strerror($errno)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::strerror($errno)>
+=item B<pcap_strerror($errno)>
 
 Returns a string describing error number C<$errno>.
 
 
-=item B<perror($pcap, $prefix)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::perror($pcap, $prefix)>
+=item B<pcap_perror($pcap, $prefix)>
 
 Prints the text of the last error associated with descriptor C<$pcap> on
 standard error, prefixed by C<$prefix>.
@@ -844,9 +804,7 @@ standard error, prefixed by C<$prefix>.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<lib_version()>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::lib_version()>
+=item B<pcap_lib_version()>
 
 Returns the name and version of the C<pcap> library the module was linked 
 against. 
@@ -862,30 +820,26 @@ C<croak()>.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<createsrcstr(\$source, $type, $host, $port, $name, \$err)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::createsrcstr(\$source, $type, $host, $port, $name, \$err)>
+=item B<pcap_createsrcstr(\$source, $type, $host, $port, $name, \$err)>
 
 Accepts a set of strings (host name, port, ...), and stores the complete 
 source string according to the new format (e.g. C<"rpcap://1.2.3.4/eth0">) 
 in C<$source>.
 
-This function is provided in order to help the user creating the source string 
-according to the new format. An unique source string is used in order to make 
-easy for old applications to use the remote facilities. Think about B<tcpdump(1)>, 
-for example, which has only one way to specify the interface on which the capture 
-has to be started. However, GUI-based programs can find more useful to specify 
-hostname, port and interface name separately. In that case, they can use this 
-function to create the source string before passing it to the C<pcap_open()> 
-function.
+This function is provided in order to help the user creating the source 
+string according to the new format. An unique source string is used in 
+order to make easy for old applications to use the remote facilities. 
+Think about B<tcpdump(1)>, for example, which has only one way to specify 
+the interface on which the capture has to be started. However, GUI-based 
+programs can find more useful to specify hostname, port and interface name 
+separately. In that case, they can use this function to create the source 
+string before passing it to the C<pcap_open()> function.
 
 Returns 0 if everything is fine, -1 if some errors occurred. The string 
 containing the complete source is returned in the C<$source> variable.
 
 
-=item B<parsesrcstr($source, \$type, \$host, \$port, \$name, \$err)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::parsesrcstr($source, \$type, \$host, \$port, \$name, \$err)>
+=item B<pcap_parsesrcstr($source, \$type, \$host, \$port, \$name, \$err)>
 
 Parse the source string and stores the pieces in which the source can be split 
 in the corresponding variables.
@@ -924,8 +878,6 @@ proper variables passed by reference.
 
 =item B<pcap_open($source, $snaplen, $flags, $read_timeout, \$auth, \$err)>
 
-=item B<Net::Pcap::open($source, $snaplen, $flags, $read_timeout, \$auth, \$err)>
-
 Open a generic source in order to capture / send (WinPcap only) traffic.
 
 The C<pcap_open()> replaces all the C<pcap_open_xxx()> functions with a single 
@@ -933,9 +885,9 @@ call.
 
 This function hides the differences between the different C<pcap_open_xxx()> 
 functions so that the programmer does not have to manage different opening 
-function. In this way, the I<true> C<open()> function is decided according to the 
-source type, which is included into the source string (in the form of source 
-prefix).
+function. In this way, the I<true> C<open()> function is decided according 
+to the source type, which is included into the source string (in the form of 
+source prefix).
 
 Returns a pointer to a pcap descriptor which can be used as a parameter to 
 the following calls (C<compile()> and so on) and that specifies an opened 
@@ -943,9 +895,7 @@ WinPcap session. In case of problems, it returns C<undef> and the C<$err>
 variable keeps the error message.
 
 
-=item B<setbuff($pcap, $dim)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::setbuff($pcap, $dim)>
+=item B<pcap_setbuff($pcap, $dim)>
 
 Sets the size of the kernel buffer associated with an adapter.
 C<$dim> specifies the size of the buffer in bytes.
@@ -956,42 +906,27 @@ C<setbuff()>, it is deleted and its content is discarded.
 C<open_live()> creates a S<1 MB> buffer by default.
 
 
-=item B<setuserbuffer($pcap, $size)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::setbuff($pcap, $size)>
-
-I<Note: Undocumented public function>
-
-
-=item B<setmode($pcap, $mode)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::setmode($pcap, $mode)>
+=item B<pcap_setmode($pcap, $mode)>
 
 Sets the working mode of the interface C<$pcap> to C<$mode>.
 Valid values for C<$mode> are C<MODE_CAPT> (default capture mode) and
 C<MODE_STAT> (statistical mode).
 
 
-=item B<setmintocopy($pcap, $size)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::setmintocopy($pcap_t, $size)>
+=item B<pcap_setmintocopy($pcap_t, $size)>
 
 Changes the minimum amount of data in the kernel buffer that causes a read
 from the application to return (unless the timeout expires).
 
 
-=item B<getevent($pcap)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::getevent($pcap)>
+=item B<pcap_getevent($pcap)>
 
 Returns the C<Win32::Event> object associated with the interface 
 C<$pcap>. Can be used to wait until the driver's buffer contains some 
 data without performing a read. See L<Win32::Event>.
 
 
-=item B<sendpacket($pcap, $packet)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::sendpacket($pcap, $packet)>
+=item B<pcap_sendpacket($pcap, $packet)>
 
 Send a raw packet to the network. C<$pcap> is the interface that will be
 used to send the packet, C<$packet> contains the data of the packet to send
@@ -1001,9 +936,7 @@ interface driver. The return value is 0 if the packet is successfully sent,
 -1 otherwise.
 
 
-=item B<sendqueue_alloc($memsize)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::sendqueue_alloc($memsize)>
+=item B<pcap_sendqueue_alloc($memsize)>
 
 This function allocates and returns a send queue, i.e. a buffer containing 
 a set of raw packets that will be transmitted on the network with 
@@ -1014,9 +947,7 @@ the maximum amount of data that the queue will contain. This memory is
 automatically deallocated when the queue ceases to exist.
 
 
-=item B<sendqueue_queue($queue, \%header, $packet)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::sendqueue_queue($queue, \%header, $packet)>
+=item B<pcap_sendqueue_queue($queue, \%header, $packet)>
 
 Adds a packet at the end of the send queue pointed by C<$queue>. The packet
 header C<%header> has the same format as that passed to the C<loop()> 
@@ -1030,9 +961,7 @@ I<as is>. The CRC of the packets needs not to be calculated, because it will
 be transparently added by the network interface.
 
 
-=item B<sendqueue_transmit($pcap, $queue, $sync)>
-
-=item B<Net::Pcap::sendqueue_transmit($pcap, $queue, $sync)>
+=item B<pcap_sendqueue_transmit($pcap, $queue, $sync)>
 
 This function transmits the content of a queue to the wire. C<$pcapt> is
 the interface on which the packets will be sent, C<$queue> is to a
@@ -1131,11 +1060,11 @@ C<DLT_APPLE_IP_OVER_IEEE1394> - Apple IP-over-IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. Firewire)
 
 =over 4
 
-=item arg%d not a scalar ref
+=item C<arg%d not a scalar ref>
 
-=item arg%d not a hash ref
+=item C<arg%d not a hash ref>
 
-=item arg%d not a reference
+=item C<arg%d not a reference>
 
 B<(F)> These errors occur if you forgot to give a reference to a function 
 which expect one or more of its arguments to be references.
@@ -1175,20 +1104,20 @@ the C<ps_recv> field is not correctly set; see F<t/07-stats.t>
 
 =item *
 
-C<Net::Pcap::file()> seems to always returns C<undef> for live 
+C<pcap_file()> seems to always returns C<undef> for live 
 connection and causes segmentation fault for dump files; 
 see F<t/10-fileno.t>
 
 =item *
 
-C<Net::Pcap::fileno()> is documented to return -1 when called 
+C<pcap_fileno()> is documented to return -1 when called 
 on save file, but seems to always return an actual file number. 
 See F<t/10-fileno.t>
 
 
 =item *
 
-C<Net::Pcap::dump_file()> seems to corrupt something somewhere, 
+C<pcap_dump_file()> seems to corrupt something somewhere, 
 and makes scripts dump core. See F<t/05-dump.t>
 
 =back
@@ -1202,17 +1131,30 @@ for examples on using this module.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
+=head2 Perl Modules
+
+L<Net::Pcap::Reassemble> for reassembly of TCP/IP fragments.
+
+L<POE::Component::Pcap> for using C<Net::Pcap> within POE-based programs.
+
+L<Net::Packet> or L<NetPacket> for decoding and creating network packets.
+
+=head2 Base Libraries
+
 L<pcap(3)>, L<tcpdump(8)>
 
-The source code for the C<pcap(3)> library is available from L<http://www.tcpdump.org/>
+The source code for the C<pcap(3)> library is available from 
+L<http://www.tcpdump.org/>
+
+The source code and binary for the Win32 version of the pcap library, 
+WinPcap, is available from L<http://www.winpcap.org/>
 
-The source code and binary for the Win32 version of the pcap library, WinPcap, 
-is available from L<http://www.winpcap.org/>
+=head2 Articles
 
-I<Hacking Linux Exposed: Sniffing with Net::Pcap to stealthily managing iptables rules remotely>, 
-L<http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20030730.html>
+I<Hacking Linux Exposed: Sniffing with Net::Pcap to stealthily managing iptables 
+rules remotely>, L<http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20030730.html>
 
-I<PerlMonks node about C<Net::Pcap>>, L<http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=170648>
+I<PerlMonks node about Net::Pcap>, L<http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=170648>
 
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
@@ -1254,13 +1196,14 @@ To the beta-testers: Jean-Louis Morel, Max Maischen, Philippe Bruhat,
 David Morel, Scott Lanning, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Karl Y. Pradene.
 
 
-=head1 COPYRIGHT
+=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
 
-Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni. All rights reserved. 
+Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni.
+All rights reserved. 
 
 Copyright (C) 2003 Marco Carnut. All rights reserved. 
 
-Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Tim Potter. All rights reserved. 
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Tim Potter. All rights reserved. 
 
 Copyright (C) 1998 Bo Adler. All rights reserved. 
 
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * XS wrapper for LBL pcap(3) library.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni with code by 
+ * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni with code by 
  *      Jean-Louis Morel. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) 2003 Marco Carnut. All rights reserved. 
  * Copyright (C) 1999 Tim Potter. All rights reserved. 
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 
+typedef struct bpf_program  pcap_bpf_program_t;
+
 /* Wrapper for callback function */
 
 SV *callback_fn;
@@ -56,15 +58,14 @@ void callback_wrapper(u_char *user, const struct pcap_pkthdr *h, const u_char *p
     HV *hdr     = newHV();
     SV *ref_hdr = newRV_inc((SV*)hdr);
 
-    /* Push arguments onto stack */
-
-    dSP;
-
-    hv_store(hdr, "tv_sec", strlen("tv_sec"), newSViv(h->ts.tv_sec), 0);
+    /* Fill the hash fields */
+    hv_store(hdr, "tv_sec",  strlen("tv_sec"),  newSViv(h->ts.tv_sec),  0);
     hv_store(hdr, "tv_usec", strlen("tv_usec"), newSViv(h->ts.tv_usec), 0);
-    hv_store(hdr, "caplen", strlen("caplen"), newSVuv(h->caplen), 0);
-    hv_store(hdr, "len", strlen("len"), newSVuv(h->len), 0);	
+    hv_store(hdr, "caplen",  strlen("caplen"),  newSVuv(h->caplen),     0);
+    hv_store(hdr, "len",     strlen("len"),     newSVuv(h->len),        0);	
 
+    /* Push arguments onto stack */
+    dSP;
     PUSHMARK(sp);
     XPUSHs((SV*)user);
     XPUSHs(ref_hdr);
@@ -72,18 +73,16 @@ void callback_wrapper(u_char *user, const struct pcap_pkthdr *h, const u_char *p
     PUTBACK;
 
     /* Call perl function */
-
     call_sv (callback_fn, G_DISCARD);
 
     /* Decrement refcount to temp SVs */
-
     SvREFCNT_dec(packet);
     SvREFCNT_dec(hdr);
     SvREFCNT_dec(ref_hdr);
 }
 
 
-MODULE = Net::Pcap	PACKAGE = Net::Pcap	 PREFIX = pcap_
+MODULE = Net::Pcap      PACKAGE = Net::Pcap     PREFIX = pcap_
 
 INCLUDE: const-xs.inc
 
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ pcap_lookupdev(err)
 			SV *err_sv = SvRV(err);
 
 			RETVAL = pcap_lookupdev(errbuf);
-#ifdef _WPCAP
+#ifdef WPCAP
 			{
 				int length = lstrlenW((PWSTR)RETVAL) + 2;
 				char *r = safemalloc(length);  /* Conversion from Unicode to ANSI */
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ pcap_lookupdev(err)
 				lstrcpyA(RETVAL, r);
 				safefree(r);
 			}
-#endif
+#endif /* WPCAP */
 			if (RETVAL == NULL) {
 				sv_setpv(err_sv, errbuf);
 			} else {
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ pcap_lookupnet(device, net, mask, err)
 	CODE:
 		if (SvROK(net) && SvROK(mask) && SvROK(err)) {
 			char *errbuf = safemalloc(PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE+1);
-			unsigned int netp, maskp;
+			bpf_u_int32 netp, maskp;
 			SV *net_sv  = SvRV(net);
 			SV *mask_sv = SvRV(mask);
 			SV *err_sv  = SvRV(err);
@@ -146,8 +145,8 @@ pcap_lookupnet(device, net, mask, err)
 			maskp = ntohl(maskp);
 
 			if (RETVAL != -1) {
-				sv_setiv(net_sv, netp);
-				sv_setiv(mask_sv, maskp);
+				sv_setuv(net_sv, netp);
+				sv_setuv(mask_sv, maskp);
 				err_sv = &PL_sv_undef;
 			} else {
 				sv_setpv(err_sv, errbuf);
@@ -472,7 +471,6 @@ pcap_next_ex(p, pkt_header, pkt_data)
     CODE:
         /* Check if pkt_header is a hashref and pkt_data a scalarref */
         if (SvROK(pkt_header) && (SvTYPE(SvRV(pkt_header)) == SVt_PVHV) && SvROK(pkt_data)) {
-
 			struct pcap_pkthdr *header;
 			const u_char *data;
 			U32 SAVE_signals;
@@ -493,7 +491,7 @@ pcap_next_ex(p, pkt_header, pkt_data)
                 hv_store(hv, "caplen",  strlen("caplen"),  newSVuv(header->caplen),     0);
                 hv_store(hv, "len",     strlen("len"),     newSVuv(header->len),        0);	
 
-				pkt_data = newSVpv(data, header->caplen);
+                sv_setpvn((SV *)SvRV(pkt_data), data, header->caplen);
             }
 
         } else {
@@ -568,10 +566,10 @@ pcap_compile(p, fp, str, optimize, mask)
 
 	CODE:
 		if (SvROK(fp)) {
-			struct bpf_program *real_fp = safemalloc(sizeof(struct bpf_program));
+			pcap_bpf_program_t *real_fp = safemalloc(sizeof(pcap_bpf_program_t));
 			*(pcap_geterr(p)) = '\0';   /* reset error string */
 			RETVAL = pcap_compile(p, real_fp, str, optimize, mask);
-			sv_setref_pv(SvRV(fp), "struct bpf_programPtr", (void *)real_fp);
+			sv_setref_pv(SvRV(fp), "pcap_bpf_program_tPtr", (void *)real_fp);
 
 		} else
 			croak("arg2 not a reference");
@@ -592,9 +590,9 @@ pcap_compile_nopcap(snaplen, linktype, fp, str, optimize, mask)
 
     CODE:
 		if (SvROK(fp)) {
-			struct bpf_program *real_fp = safemalloc(sizeof(struct bpf_program));
+			pcap_bpf_program_t *real_fp = safemalloc(sizeof(pcap_bpf_program_t));
 			RETVAL = pcap_compile_nopcap(snaplen, linktype, real_fp, str, optimize, mask);
-			sv_setref_pv(SvRV(fp), "struct bpf_programPtr", (void *)real_fp);
+			sv_setref_pv(SvRV(fp), "pcap_bpf_program_tPtr", (void *)real_fp);
 
 		} else
 			croak("arg3 not a reference");
@@ -607,12 +605,12 @@ pcap_compile_nopcap(snaplen, linktype, fp, str, optimize, mask)
 int 
 pcap_setfilter(p, fp)
 	pcap_t *p
-	struct bpf_program *fp
+	pcap_bpf_program_t *fp
 
 
 void
 pcap_freecode(fp)
-	struct bpf_program *fp
+	pcap_bpf_program_t *fp
 
 
 void
@@ -973,7 +971,7 @@ pcap_sendqueue_alloc(memsize)
     u_int memsize
 
 
-MODULE = Net::Pcap PACKAGE = pcap_send_queuePtr
+MODULE = Net::Pcap      PACKAGE = pcap_send_queuePtr
 
 void
 DESTROY(queue)
@@ -983,7 +981,7 @@ DESTROY(queue)
         pcap_sendqueue_destroy(queue);
 
 
-MODULE = Net::Pcap	PACKAGE = Net::Pcap	PREFIX = pcap_
+MODULE = Net::Pcap      PACKAGE = Net::Pcap     PREFIX = pcap_
 
 int
 pcap_sendqueue_queue(queue, header, p)
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
     The Net::Pcap module is a Perl binding to the LBL pcap(3) packet 
     capture library.
 
-    The source code for the LBL pcap library can be found at 
-    http://www.tcpdump.org/
+    The latest source code for the Pcap library can be found at 
+    <http://www.tcpdump.org/>.  The source code and binary for the 
+    Win32 port can be found at <http://www.winpcap.org/>.
 
 
 INSTALLATION
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ INSTALLATION
         $ perl Makefile.PL INC=-I/usr/local/include/pcap \
             LIBS='-L/usr/lib/pcap -lpcap'
 
-    Compile the extension as per usual:
+    Then compile the extension as per usual:
 
         $ make
         $ make test
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ INSTALLATION
     To install the extension in a private directory, you can use the
     PREFIX option when creating Makefile.PL.
 
-    A ANSI-compliant compiler is required to compile the extension. 
+    An ANSI-compliant compiler is required to compile the extension. 
     For most of the tests, an administrative account is required 
     since opening a network interface in promiscuous mode is a 
     privileged operation.  Some tests also require a working network 
@@ -38,28 +39,27 @@ INSTALLATION
     address on your network segment.  Consult the source for individual 
     tests for more information.
 
-    Net::Pcap has been tested by the author on the following systems, 
-    but is likely to run on many more:
-
-      - Linux 2.6, gcc 3.4.1
-      - FreeBSD 4.7, gcc 2.95.4
-      - Mac OS X 10.4, gcc 4.0
+    You can select the interface Net::Pcap will use for its tests by 
+    creating a file device.txt in the distribution root directory and 
+    putting the device name inside.
 
     Net::Pcap is compatible with all the versions of the Pcap library, 
     including the old BSD ones and the Windows port WinPcap.
 
     Net::Pcap should work on any Perl since 5.004_05. This module has 
-    been tested by the author to check that it works with the following 
-    versions ot Perl: 
-
-      - Perl 5.4.5 i686-linux (custom build)
-      - Perl 5.5.3 i686-linux (custom build)
-      - Perl 5.6.2 i686-linux (custom build)
-      - Perl 5.8.5 i386-linux-thread-multi (vendor build)
-      - Perl 5.6.1 i386-freebsd (custom build)
-      - Perl 5.8.7 i386-freebsd (custom build)
-      - Perl 5.8.6 darwin (vendor build)
-      - Perl 5.8.7 cygwin-thread-multi-64int (vendor build)
+    been tested by the author on the following Perl and system versions
+    but is likely to run on many more:
+
+      Perl    Architecture                            GCC     Pcap
+      -------------------------------------------------------------
+      5.4.5   i686-linux                              3.4.1   0.8.3
+      5.5.3   i686-linux                              3.4.1   0.8.3
+      5.6.2   i686-linux                              3.4.1   0.8.3
+      5.8.5   i386-linux-thread-multi                 3.4.1   0.8.3
+      5.8.8   i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi             4.0.4   0.9.4
+      5.8.7   x86_64-linux                            4.0.1   0.9.1
+      5.8.8   i386-freebsd-64int                      3.4.4   0.9.1
+      5.8.6   darwin-thread-multi-2level (PowerPC)    4.0.1
 
     For Perl 5.004, you may need to install ExtUtils::Constant with 
     this patch: 
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ INSTALLATION
     See also the corresponding CPAN Testers page: 
         http://testers.cpan.org/show/Net-Pcap.html
 
+    and the CPAN Testers Matrix:
+        http://bbbike.radzeit.de/~slaven/cpantestersmatrix.cgi?dist=Net-Pcap
+
 
 HISTORY
 
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use strict;
-use IO::Socket;
-use IO::Interface ':flags';
 use Net::Pcap ':functions';
 use Sys::Hostname;
 
-my(%devs,$err) = ();
-my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto => 'udp');
+my $has_io_interface = eval "use IO::Interface::Simple ':flags'; 1" || 0;
+
+my(%devs, $err) = ();
 my @devs = findalldevs(\%devs, \$err);
 
 my $hostname = hostname();
@@ -25,51 +24,64 @@ for my $dev (@devs) {
     my $default = $dev eq lookupdev(\$err) ? "(default)" : '';
 
     print "Device $dev $default\n", 
-          "  Description       : $devs{$dev}\n"; 
-    print "  Link type         : ", linktype($dev), $/, 
-          "  Hardware address  : ", $s->if_hwaddr($dev), $/, 
-          "  Network address   : ", $s->if_addr($dev), $/, 
-          "  Network mask      : ", $s->if_netmask($dev), $/,
-          "  Flags             : ", flags($dev), $/, 
-          if $dev ne 'any';
+          "  Description       : $devs{$dev}\n";
+
+    print "  Link type         : ", linktype($dev), $/
+        if $dev ne "any";
+
+    if ($has_io_interface) {
+        my $iface = IO::Interface::Simple->new($dev);
+
+        if (defined $iface) {
+            print "  Hardware address  : ", $iface->hwaddr,  $/ if $iface->hwaddr;
+            print "  Network address   : ", $iface->address, $/ if $iface->address;
+            print "  Network mask      : ", $iface->netmask, $/ if $iface->netmask;
+            print "  Flags             : ", flags($iface),   $/;
+        }
+    }
+
     print $/;
 }
 
+
 sub linktype {
-    my $dev = shift;
+    my ($dev) = @_;
     my $linktype = "<can't get this information>";
+    my $status = "";
 
-    if(my $pcap = open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err)) {
+    if (my $pcap = open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err)) {
         $linktype = datalink_val_to_description(datalink($pcap));
         pcap_close($pcap);
     }
 
-    chomp(my $status = `/sbin/mii-tool $dev 2>/dev/null`);
-    $status =~ s/$dev\:/,/;
+    if (-e "/sbin/mii-tool") {
+        chomp($status = `/sbin/mii-tool $dev 2>/dev/null`);
+        $status =~ s/$dev\:/,/;
+    }
 
     return $linktype . $status
 }
 
+
 sub flags {
-    my $dev = shift;
-    my $flags = $s->if_flags($dev);
+    my ($iface) = @_;
     my $string = '';
 
-    $string .= "up "          if $flags & IFF_UP;
-    $string .= "running "     if $flags & IFF_RUNNING;
-    $string .= "broadcast "   if $flags & IFF_BROADCAST;
-    $string .= "debug "       if $flags & IFF_DEBUG;
-    $string .= "loopback "    if $flags & IFF_LOOPBACK;
-    $string .= "p-to-p "      if $flags & IFF_POINTOPOINT;
-    $string .= "notrailers "  if $flags & IFF_NOTRAILERS;
-    $string .= "noarp "       if $flags & IFF_NOARP;
-    $string .= "promiscuous " if $flags & IFF_PROMISC;
-    $string .= "multicast "   if $flags & IFF_MULTICAST;
-    $string .= "allmulti "    if $flags & IFF_ALLMULTI;
-    $string .= "master "      if $flags & IFF_MASTER;
-    $string .= "slave "       if $flags & IFF_SLAVE;
-    $string .= "portsel "     if $flags & IFF_PORTSEL;
-    $string .= "automedia "   if $flags & IFF_AUTOMEDIA;
+    $string .= "up "          if $iface->flags & &IO::Interface::IFF_UP;
+    $string .= "running "     if $iface->is_running;
+    $string .= "broadcast "   if $iface->is_broadcast;
+    $string .= "debug "       if $iface->flags & &IO::Interface::IFF_DEBUG;
+    $string .= "loopback "    if $iface->is_loopback;
+    $string .= "p-to-p "      if $iface->is_pt2pt;
+    $string .= "notrailers "  if $iface->is_notrailers;
+    $string .= "noarp "       if $iface->is_noarp;
+    $string .= "promiscuous " if $iface->is_promiscuous;
+    $string .= "multicast "   if $iface->is_multicast;
+    $string .= "allmulti "    if $iface->flags & eval { &IO::Interface::IFF_ALLMULTI };
+    $string .= "master "      if $iface->flags & eval { &IO::Interface::IFF_MASTER };
+    $string .= "slave "       if $iface->flags & eval { &IO::Interface::IFF_SLAVE };
+    $string .= "portsel "     if $iface->flags & eval { &IO::Interface::IFF_PORTSEL };
+    $string .= "automedia "   if $iface->flags & eval { &IO::Interface::IFF_AUTOMEDIA };
 
     return $string
 }
@@ -120,7 +132,7 @@ and Pcap library available on the current host. Here is an example:
 The device marked as C<"(default)"> is the one returned when calling 
 C<Net::Pcap::lookupdev()>
 
-Some information like the link type can only be gathered with root 
+Some information like the link type can only be gathered with administrative 
 privileges. 
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
@@ -129,7 +141,8 @@ SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni, E<lt>sebastien@aperghis.netE<gt>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni. 
+All rights reserved.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the same terms as Perl itself.
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use Data::Hexdumper;
+use File::Basename;
+use Getopt::Long        qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
+use Net::Pcap           qw(:functions);
+use NetPacket::Ethernet qw(:types);
+use NetPacket::IP       qw(:protos);
+use NetPacket::TCP;
+use Pod::Usage;
+use Socket              qw(inet_ntoa);
+
+
+$::PROGRAM = basename($0);
+$::VERSION = "0.01";
+
+
+# globals
+my $dumper  = undef;
+
+my %icmp = (
+    ICMP_ECHO           => "echo",
+    ICMP_ECHOREPLY      => "echo-reply",
+    ICMP_IREQ           => "ireq",
+    ICMP_IREQREPLY      => "ireq-reply",
+    ICMP_MASREQ         => "mask",
+    ICMP_MASKREPLY      => "mask-reply",
+    ICMP_PARAMPROB      => "param-prob",
+    ICMP_REDIRECT       => "redirect",
+    ICMP_ROUTERADVERT   => "router-advert",
+    ICMP_ROUTERSOLICIT  => "router-solicit",
+    ICMP_SOURCEQUENCH   => "source-quench",
+    ICMP_TIMXCEED       => "time-exceeded",
+    ICMP_TSTAMP         => "timestamp",
+    ICMP_TSTAMPREPLY    => "timestamp-reply",
+    ICMP_UNREACH        => "unreachable",
+);
+
+
+MAIN: {
+    run();
+}
+
+
+sub run {
+    $|++;
+
+    # get options
+    my %options = (
+        count   =>    10, 
+        promisc =>     0, 
+        snaplen =>   256, 
+        timeout =>    10,
+    );
+
+    GetOptions(\%options, qw{
+        help|h!  version|V!
+        count|c=i  interface|i=s  promisc|p!  snaplen|s=i  writeto|w=s
+    }) or pod2usage();
+
+    pod2usage({ -verbose => 2, -exitval => 0 }) if $options{help};
+    print "$::PROGRAM v$::VERSION\n" if $options{version};
+
+    my ($err, $net, $mask, $filter);
+    my $dev = $options{interface} || pcap_lookupdev(\$err);
+    my $filter_str = join " ", @ARGV;
+
+    # open the interface
+    my $pcap = pcap_open_live($dev, @options{qw(snaplen promisc timeout)}, \$err)
+        or die "fatal: can't open network device $dev: $err ",
+               "(do you have the privileges?)\n";
+
+    if ($filter_str) {
+        # compile the filter
+        pcap_compile($pcap, \$filter, $filter_str, 1, 0) == 0
+            or die "fatal: filter error\n";
+        pcap_setfilter($pcap, $filter);
+    }
+
+    if ($options{writeto}) {
+        $dumper = pcap_dump_open($pcap, $options{writeto}) 
+            or die "fatal: can't write to file '$options{writeto}': $!\n";
+    }
+
+    # print some information about the interface we're currently using
+    pcap_lookupnet($dev, \$net, \$mask, \$err);
+    print "listening on $dev (", dotquad($net), "/", dotquad($mask), ")", 
+          ", capture size $options{snaplen} bytes";
+    print ", filtering on $filter_str"  if $filter_str;
+    print $/;
+
+    # enter the main loop
+    pcap_loop($pcap, $options{count}, \&process_packet, '');
+    pcap_close($pcap);
+}
+
+
+sub process_packet {
+    my ($user_data, $header, $packet) = @_;
+    my ($proto, $payload, $src_ip, $src_port, $dest_ip, $dest_port, $flags);
+
+    printf "packet: len=%s, caplen=%s, tv_sec=%s, tv_usec=%s\n", 
+        map { $header->{$_} } qw(len caplen tv_sec tv_usec);
+
+    # dump the packet if asked to do so
+    pcap_dump($dumper, $header, $packet) if $dumper;
+
+    # decode the Ethernet frame
+    my $ethframe = NetPacket::Ethernet->decode($packet);
+
+    if ($ethframe->{type} == ETH_TYPE_IP) {
+        # decode the IP payload
+        my $ipframe = NetPacket::IP->decode($ethframe->{data});
+        $src_ip  = $ipframe->{src_ip};
+        $dest_ip = $ipframe->{dest_ip};
+
+        if ($ipframe->{proto} == IP_PROTO_ICMP) {
+            my $icmpframe = NetPacket::ICMP->decode($ipframe->{data});
+            $proto     = "ICMP";
+            $payload   = $icmpframe->{data};
+        }
+        elsif ($ipframe->{proto} == IP_PROTO_TCP) {
+            my $tcpframe = NetPacket::TCP->decode($ipframe->{data});
+            $proto     = "TCP";
+            $src_port  = $tcpframe->{src_port};
+            $dest_port = $tcpframe->{dest_port};
+            $payload   = $tcpframe->{data};
+            $flags     = flags_of($tcpframe->{flags});
+        }
+        elsif ($ipframe->{proto} == IP_PROTO_UDP) {
+            my $udpframe = NetPacket::UDP->decode($ipframe->{data});
+            $proto     = "TCP";
+            $src_port  = $udpframe->{src_port};
+            $dest_port = $udpframe->{dest_port};
+            $payload   = $udpframe->{data};
+        }
+
+        printf "IP:%s %s:%d -> %s:%d (%s)\n",
+            $proto, $src_ip, $src_port, $dest_ip, $dest_port, $flags;
+        print hexdump(data => $payload, start_position => 0) if length $payload;
+        print $/;
+    }
+}
+
+
+sub flags_of {
+    my ($flags) = @_;
+    my @strarr = ();
+    push @strarr, "urg" if $flags & URG;
+    push @strarr, "ack" if $flags & ACK;
+    push @strarr, "psh" if $flags & PSH;
+    push @strarr, "fin" if $flags & FIN;
+    push @strarr, "syn" if $flags & SYN;
+    push @strarr, "rst" if $flags & RST;
+    push @strarr, "ece" if $flags & ECE;
+    push @strarr, "cwr" if $flags & CWR;
+    return join ",", @strarr
+}
+
+
+sub dotquad {
+    return inet_ntoa( pack("I", $_[0]) )
+}
+
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+pcapdump - Dump packets from the network
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    pcapdump [-c count] [-i interface] [-s snaplen] [-w file] [expression]
+
+    pcapdump --help
+    pcapdump --version
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item B<-c>, B<--count>  I<N>
+
+Exit after receiving I<N> packets.
+
+=item B<-i>, B<--interface>  I<device>
+
+Listen on the specified interface. If unspecified, the program will use 
+the interface returned by C<pcap_lookupdev()>.
+
+=item B<-s>, B<--snaplen>  I<L>
+
+Capture I<L> bytes of data for each packet. Defaults to 256.
+
+=item B<-w>, B<--writeto>  I<file>
+
+=back
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<pcapdump> mimics the very basic features of B<tcpdump(1)> and provides
+a good example of how to use C<Net::Pcap>.
+
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni, E<lt>sebastien@aperghis.netE<gt>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
+use Net::Pcap qw(:functions);
+
+$|=1;
+
+my %options = (
+    count   => 10, 
+    promisc => 0, 
+    snaplen => 68, 
+);
+
+GetOptions(\%options, qw{ count|c=i  interface|i=s  promisc|p!  snaplen|s=i  writeto|w=s }) 
+    or die "usage: $0 [-c count] [-i interface] [-s snaplen] [-w file] [expression]\n";
+
+my $err = '';
+my $dev = $options{interface} || lookupdev(\$err);
+my $pcap = open_live($dev, $options{snaplen}, !$options{promisc}, 5, \$err)
+    or die "fatal: can't open network device $dev: $! (do you have the privileges?)\n";
+
+my $dumper;
+if ($options{writeto}) {
+    $dumper = dump_open($pcap, $options{writeto}) 
+        or die "fatal: can't write to file '$options{writeto}': $!\n";
+}
+
+loop($pcap, $options{count}, \&handle_packet, '');
+pcap_close($pcap);
+
+
+sub handle_packet {
+    my ($user_data, $header, $packet) = @_;
+    printf "packet: len=%s, caplen=%s, tv_sec=%s, tv_usec=%s\n", 
+        map { $header->{$_} } qw(len caplen tv_sec tv_usec);
+    pcap_dump($dumper, $header, $packet) if $options{writeto};
+}
+
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
+use strict;
 use Test::More tests => 1;
 
-BEGIN {
-  use_ok( 'Net::Pcap' );
-}
-
+use_ok( 'Net::Pcap' );
 diag( "Testing Net::Pcap $Net::Pcap::VERSION under Perl $]" );
-
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
-BEGIN { plan tests => 51 }
 use Net::Pcap;
 
-# check that the following functions are available
+plan tests => 102;
+
+# check that the following functions are available (old API)
 can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'Net::Pcap::lookupdev' );
 can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'Net::Pcap::findalldevs' );
 can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'Net::Pcap::lookupnet' );
@@ -58,3 +59,58 @@ can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'Net::Pcap::sendqueue_alloc' );
 can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'Net::Pcap::sendqueue_queue' );
 can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'Net::Pcap::sendqueue_transmit' );
 
+
+# check that the following functions are available (new API)
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_lookupdev' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_findalldevs' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_lookupnet' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_open_live' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_open_dead' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_setnonblock' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_getnonblock' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_loop' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_open_offline' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_close' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_dispatch' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_next' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_next_ex' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_compile' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_compile_nopcap' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_freecode' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_setfilter' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_dump_open' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_dump' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_dump_flush' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_dump_file' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_dump_close' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_datalink' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_set_datalink' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_datalink_name_to_val' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_datalink_val_to_name' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_datalink_val_to_description' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_snapshot' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_is_swapped' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_major_version' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_minor_version' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_lib_version' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_stats' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_file' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_fileno' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_get_selectable_fd' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_geterr' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_strerror' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_perror' );
+
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_createsrcstr' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_parsesrcstr' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_getevent' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_open' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_sendpacket' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_setbuff' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_setuserbuffer' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_setmintocopy' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_setmode' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_sendqueue_alloc' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_sendqueue_queue' );
+can_ok( 'Net::Pcap', 'pcap_sendqueue_transmit' );
+
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use Utils;
 
 plan tests => 45;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$net,$mask,$result,$err) = ('','','','','');
 my @devs = ();
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ SKIP: {
         # findalldevs() errors
         throws_ok(sub {
             Net::Pcap::findalldevs()
-        }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::findalldevs\(devinfo, err\)/', 
+        }, '/^Usage: pcap_findalldevs\(devinfo, err\)/', 
            "calling findalldevs() with no argument");
 
         throws_ok(sub {
             Net::Pcap::findalldevs(0, 0, 0)
-        }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::findalldevs\(devinfo, err\)/', 
+        }, '/^Usage: pcap_findalldevs\(devinfo, err\)/', 
            "calling findalldevs() with too many arguments");
 
         throws_ok(sub {
             Net::Pcap::findalldevs(0)
-        }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::findalldevs\(devinfo, err\)/', 
+        }, '/^Usage: pcap_findalldevs\(devinfo, err\)/', 
            "calling 1-arg findalldevs() with incorrect argument type");
 
         throws_ok(sub {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ SKIP: {
 
         throws_ok(sub {
             Net::Pcap::findalldevs(0, 0)
-        }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::findalldevs\(devinfo, err\)/', 
+        }, '/^Usage: pcap_findalldevs\(devinfo, err\)/', 
            "calling 2-args findalldevs() with incorrect argument type");
 
         throws_ok(sub {
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => 14;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$err) = ('','','');
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if($^O eq 'MSWin32' or $^O eq 'cygwin') {
 } elsif($^O eq 'darwin' or $^O eq 'freebsd' or $^O eq 'openbsd') {
     like( $err, "/^(?:BIOCSETIF: )?$fakedev: Device not configured/", " - \$err must be set: $err" );
 } else {
-    like( $err, '/^(?:bind|ioctl): (?:No such device)/', " - \$err must be set: $err" );
+    like( $err, '/^(?:bind|ioctl|SIOCGIFHWADDR): (?:No such device)/', " - \$err must be set: $err" );
 }
 is( $pcap, undef, " - \$pcap isn't defined" );
 $err = '';
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => $total * 19 + 5;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$err) = ('','','');
 
@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ sub process_packet {
     $count++;
 }
 
-my $retval = 0;
-eval { $retval = Net::Pcap::loop($pcap, $total, \&process_packet, $user_text) };
+my $retval = eval { Net::Pcap::loop($pcap, $total, \&process_packet, $user_text) };
 is(   $@,   '', "loop()" );
 is( $count, $total, "all packets processed" );
 is( $retval, 0, "checking return value" );
 
 Net::Pcap::close($pcap);
-
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => $total * 22 + 20;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$dumper,$dump_file,$err) = ('','','','');
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => $total * 19 * 2 + 23;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$dumper,$dump_file,$err) = ('','','','');
 
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ sub store_packet {
     for my $field (qw(len caplen tv_sec tv_usec)) {
         ok( exists $header->{$field}, "    - field '$field' is present" );
         ok( defined $header->{$field}, "    - field '$field' is defined" );
-        like( $header->{$field}, '/^\d+$/', "    - field '$field' is a number" );
+        like( $header->{$field}, '/^\d+$/', 
+            "    - field '$field' is a number: $header->{$field}" );
     }
 
     ok( $header->{caplen} <= $header->{len}, "    - caplen <= len" );
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ sub read_packet {
     for my $field (qw(len caplen tv_sec tv_usec)) {
         ok( exists $header->{$field}, "    - field '$field' is present" );
         ok( defined $header->{$field}, "    - field '$field' is defined" );
-        like( $header->{$field}, '/^\d+$/', "    - field '$field' is a number" );
+        like( $header->{$field}, '/^\d+$/', 
+            "    - field '$field' is a number: $header->{$field}" );
     }
 
     ok( $header->{caplen} <= $header->{len}, "    - caplen <= len" );
@@ -132,19 +134,10 @@ sub read_packet {
 Net::Pcap::loop($pcap, $total, \&read_packet, $user_text);
 is( $count, $total, "all packets processed" );
 
-if($^O eq 'MSWin32' or $^O eq 'cygwin') {
-    TODO: {
-        local $TODO = "caplen is wrong on Win32, dunno why";
-        is_deeply( \@data1, \@data2, "checking data" );
-    }
-} else {
+TODO: {
+    local $TODO = "caplen is sometimes wrong, dunno why";
     is_deeply( \@data1, \@data2, "checking data" );
 }
-#eval "use Test::Deep";      my $has_test_deep = !$@;
-#SKIP: {
-#    skip "Test::Deep not available", 1 unless $has_test_deep;
-#    cmp_deeply( \@data1, \@data2, "checking data" );
-#}
 
 Net::Pcap::close($pcap);
 unlink($dump_file);
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => $total * 13 + 4;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$dumper,$dump_file,$err) = ('','','','');
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use Utils;
 
 plan tests => 29;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
-my($dev,$net,$mask,$pcap,$filter,$res,$err) = ('','','','','','','');
+my($dev,$net,$mask,$pcap,$filter,$res,$err) = ('','',0,'','','','');
 
 # Find a device
 $dev = find_network_device();
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ SKIP: {
     is(   $res,  0, " - result must be null: $res" );
     ok( defined $filter, " - \$filter is defined" );
     isa_ok( $filter, 'SCALAR', " - \$filter" );
-    isa_ok( $filter, 'struct bpf_programPtr', " - \$filter" );
+    isa_ok( $filter, 'pcap_bpf_program_tPtr', " - \$filter" );
 }
 
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ SKIP: {
 
         throws_ok(sub {
             Net::Pcap::setfilter($pcap, 0)
-        }, '/^fp is not of type struct bpf_programPtr/', 
+        }, '/^fp is not of type pcap_bpf_program_tPtr/', 
            "calling setfilter() with incorrect argument type for arg2");
 
         # freecode() errors
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ SKIP: {
 
         throws_ok(sub {
             Net::Pcap::freecode(0)
-        }, '/^fp is not of type struct bpf_programPtr/', 
+        }, '/^fp is not of type pcap_bpf_program_tPtr/', 
            "calling freecode() with incorrect argument type for arg1");
 
     }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ SKIP: {
     is(   $res,  0, " - result must be null: $res" );
     ok( defined $filter, " - \$filter is defined" );
     isa_ok( $filter, 'SCALAR', " - \$filter" );
-    isa_ok( $filter, 'struct bpf_programPtr', " - \$filter" );
+    isa_ok( $filter, 'pcap_bpf_program_tPtr', " - \$filter" );
 
     # Testing geterr()
     eval { $err = Net::Pcap::geterr($pcap) };
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Utils;
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => 10;
 
-my($dev,$net,$mask,$pcap,$filter,$res,$err) = ('','','','','','','');
+my($dev,$net,$mask,$pcap,$filter,$res,$err) = ('','',0,'','','','');
 
 # Find a device and open it
 $dev = find_network_device();
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use File::Spec;
 use Test::More;
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Utils;
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => 21;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$filehandle,$fileno,$err) = ('','','','','');
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => @sizes * 2 + 2;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$snapshot,$err) = ('','','','');
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ use Utils;
 
 my $total = 3;  # number of packets to process
 
-#plan skip_all => "slowness and random failures... testing pcap_next() is a PITA";
+plan skip_all => "pcap_next() behaves too strangely for being tested on random machines";
 plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => $total * 16 + 4;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$net,$mask,$filter,$data,$r,$err) = ('','','','','','','');
 my %header = ();
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => $total * 11 + 5;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$dumper,$dump_file,$err) = ('','','','');
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use File::Spec;
 use Test::More;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ plan skip_all => "extended datalink related functions are not available"
 
 plan tests => keys(%name2val) * 2 + keys(%val2name) * 2 + keys(%val2descr) * 2 + 23;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$datalink,$r,$err) = ('','','','','');
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use File::Spec;
 use Test::More;
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ my $is_big_endian    = unpack("h*", pack("s", 1)) =~ /01/;
 my $is_little_endian = unpack("h*", pack("s", 1)) =~ /^1/;
 
 is( $is_big_endian, !$is_little_endian, "checking flags consistency" );
-diag("This platform has been detected as a ".($is_big_endian?"big":"little")." endian architecture");
+my $type = $is_big_endian ? "big" : "little";
+diag("This platform has been detected as a $type endian architecture");
 
 # make these values numbers because is_swapped() return 0 or 1, not true or false
 $is_big_endian += 0;  $is_little_endian += 0;
@@ -29,4 +30,3 @@ $pcap = Net::Pcap::open_offline(File::Spec->catfile(qw(t samples ping-ietf-20pk-
 isa_ok( $pcap, 'pcap_tPtr', "\$pcap" );
 is( Net::Pcap::is_swapped($pcap) , $is_big_endian, "testing with a little endian dump" );
 Net::Pcap::close($pcap);
-
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use File::Spec;
 use Test::More;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plan skip_all => "pcap_setnonblock() and pcap_getnonblock() are not available"
   unless is_available('pcap_setnonblock');
 plan tests => 23;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($dev,$pcap,$r,$err) = ('','','','');
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ use Net::Pcap;
 plan tests => 2;
 
 # Testing lib_version()
-my $version = '';
-eval { $version = Net::Pcap::lib_version() };
+my $version = eval { Net::Pcap::lib_version() };
 is( $@, '', "lib_version()" );
+diag($version);
+
 if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' or $^O eq 'cygwin') {
     like( $version, '/^WinPcap version \d\.\d+/', " - checking version string ($version)" );
-} else {
-    like( $version, '/^libpcap version (?:\d\.\d+\.\d+|unknown \(pre 0\.8\))$/', " - checking version string ($version)" );
+}
+else {
+    like( $version, 
+            '/^libpcap version (?:\d\.\d+\.\d+|unknown \(pre 0\.8\))$/', 
+            " - checking version string ($version)"
+    );
 }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Utils;
 plan skip_all => "pcap_open_dead() is not available" unless is_available('pcap_open_dead');
 plan tests => 5;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my($pcap,$datalink) = ('',0);  # datalink == DLT_NULL => no link-layer encapsulation
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use Net::Pcap;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
 plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
 plan tests => 5;
 
-eval "use Test::Exception"; my $has_test_exception = !$@;
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
 
 my $total = 10;  # number of packets to process
 
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use File::Spec;
 use Test::More;
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!perl -T
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+use Net::Pcap;
+use lib 't';
+use Utils;
+
+my $total = 3;  # number of packets to process
+
+plan skip_all => "pcap_next_ex() is not available" unless is_available('pcap_next_ex');
+plan skip_all => "slowness and random failures... testing pcap_next_ex() is a PITA";
+plan skip_all => "must be run as root" unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
+plan skip_all => "no network device available" unless find_network_device();
+plan tests => $total * 17 + 4;
+
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
+
+my($dev,$pcap,$net,$mask,$filter,$data,$r,$err) = ('','','','','','','');
+my %header = ();
+
+# Find a device and open it
+$dev = find_network_device();
+Net::Pcap::lookupnet($dev, \$net, \$mask, \$err);
+$pcap = Net::Pcap::open_live($dev, 1024, 1, 0, \$err);
+
+# Testing error messages
+SKIP: {
+    skip "Test::Exception not available", 4 unless $has_test_exception;
+
+    # next_ex() errors
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::next_ex()
+    }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::next_ex\(p, pkt_header, pkt_data\)/', 
+       "calling next_ex() with no argument");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::next_ex(0, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^p is not of type pcap_tPtr/', 
+       "calling next_ex() with incorrect argument type for arg1");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::next_ex($pcap, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg2 not a hash ref/', 
+       "calling next_ex() with incorrect argument type for arg2");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::next_ex($pcap, \%header, 0)
+    }, '/^arg3 not a scalar ref/', 
+       "calling next_ex() with incorrect argument type for arg3");
+
+}
+
+# Compile and set a filter
+Net::Pcap::compile($pcap, \$filter, "ip", 0, $mask);
+Net::Pcap::setfilter($pcap, $filter);
+
+# Test next_ex()
+my $count = 0;
+for (1..$total) {
+    my($packet, %header);
+    eval { $r = Net::Pcap::next_ex($pcap, \%header, \$packet) };
+    is( $@, '', "next_ex()" );
+    is( $r, 1, " - should return 1 ($r)" );
+
+    for my $field (qw(len caplen tv_sec tv_usec)) {
+        ok( exists $header{$field}, " - field '$field' is present" );
+        ok( defined $header{$field}, " - field '$field' is defined" );
+        like( $header{$field}, '/^\d+$/', " - field '$field' is a number" );
+    }
+
+    ok( $header{caplen} <= $header{len}, " - coherency check: packet length (caplen <= len)" );
+
+    ok( defined $packet, " - packet is defined" );
+    is( length $packet, $header{caplen}, " - packet has the advertised size" );
+
+    $count++;
+}
+
+is( $count, $total, "all packets processed" );
+
+Net::Pcap::close($pcap);
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!perl -T
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+use Net::Pcap qw(:openflag :mode);
+use lib 't';
+use Utils;
+
+plan skip_all => "pcap_open() is not available" unless is_available('pcap_open');
+plan tests => 24;
+
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
+
+my($dev,$pcap,$r,$err) = ('','','','');
+
+# Find a device and open it
+$dev = find_network_device();
+
+# Testing error messages
+SKIP: {
+    skip "Test::Exception not available", 11 unless $has_test_exception;
+
+    # pcap_open() errors
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::open()
+    }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::open\(source, snaplen, flags, read_timeout, auth, err\)/', 
+       "calling pcap_open() with no argument");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::open(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg6 not a reference/', 
+       "calling pcap_open() with incorrect argument type for arg6");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::open(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \$err)
+    }, '/^arg5 not a hash ref/', 
+       "calling pcap_open() with incorrect argument type for arg5");
+
+    # setbuff() errors
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::setbuff()
+    }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::setbuff\(p, dim\)/', 
+       "calling setbuff() with no argument");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::setbuff(0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg1 not a reference/', 
+       "calling setbuff() with no argument");
+
+    # setuserbuffer() errors
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::userbuffer()
+    }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::setbuff\(p, size\)/', 
+       "calling userbuffer() with no argument");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::userbuffer(0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg1 not a reference/', 
+       "calling userbuffer() with no argument");
+
+    # setmode() errors
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::setmode()
+    }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::setmode\(p, mode\)/', 
+       "calling setmode() with no argument");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::setmode(0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg1 not a reference/', 
+       "calling setmode() with no argument");
+
+    # setmintocopy() errors
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::setmintocopy()
+    }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::setmintocopy\(p, size\)/', 
+       "calling setmintocopy() with no argument");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::setmintocopy(0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg1 not a reference/', 
+       "calling setmintocopy() with no argument");
+
+}
+
+SKIP: {
+    skip "must be run as root", 13 unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
+    skip "no network device available", 13 unless find_network_device();
+
+    # Testing pcap_open()
+    $pcap = eval { Net::Pcap::open($dev, 1000, OPENFLAG_PROMISCUOUS, 1000, undef, \$err) };
+    is( $@, '', "pcap_open()" );
+    is( $err, '', " - \$err must be null: $err" );
+    ok( defined $pcap, " - returned a defined value" );
+    isa_ok( $pcap, 'SCALAR', " - \$pcap" );
+    isa_ok( $pcap, 'pcap_tPtr', " - \$pcap" );
+
+    # Testing setbuff()
+    $r = eval { Net::Pcap::setbuff($pcap, 8*1024) };
+    is( $@, '', "setbuff()" );
+    is( $r, 0, " - return 0 for true" );
+
+    # Testing setuserbuffer()
+    $r = eval { Net::Pcap::setuserbuffer($pcap, 8*1024) };
+    is( $@, '', "setuserbuffer()" );
+    is( $r, 0, " - return 0 for true" );
+
+    # Testing setmode()
+    $r = eval { Net::Pcap::setmode($pcap, MODE_CAPT) };
+    is( $@, '', "setmode()" );
+    is( $r, 0, " - return 0 for true" );
+
+    # Testing setmintocopy()
+    $r = eval { Net::Pcap::setmintocopy($pcap, 8*1024) };
+    is( $@, '', "setmintocopy()" );
+    is( $r, 0, " - return 0 for true" );
+
+    Net::Pcap::close($pcap);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!perl -T
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+use Net::Pcap;
+use lib 't';
+use Utils;
+
+plan skip_all => "pcap_createsrcstr() is not available" unless is_available('pcap_createsrcstr');
+plan tests => 18;
+
+my $has_test_exception = eval "use Test::Exception; 1";
+
+my($src,$r,$err) = ('',0,'');
+my($type,$host,$port,$name) = ('rpcap', 'fangorn', 12345, 'eth0');
+
+# Testing error messages
+SKIP: {
+    skip "Test::Exception not available", 9 unless $has_test_exception;
+
+    # createsrcstr() errors
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::createsrcstr()
+    }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::createsrcstr\(source, type, host, port, name, err\)/', 
+       "calling createsrcstr() with no argument");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::createsrcstr(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg1 not a reference/', 
+       "calling createsrcstr() with incorrect argument type for arg1");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::createsrcstr(\$src, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg6 not a hash ref/', 
+       "calling createsrcstr() with incorrect argument type for arg6");
+
+    # parsesrcstr() errors
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::parsesrcstr()
+    }, '/^Usage: Net::Pcap::parsesrcstr\(source, type, host, port, name, err\)/', 
+       "calling parsesrcstr() with no argument");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::parsesrcstr(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg2 not a reference/', 
+       "calling parsesrcstr() with incorrect argument type for arg2");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::parsesrcstr(0, \$type, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg3 not a reference/', 
+       "calling parsesrcstr() with incorrect argument type for arg3");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::parsesrcstr(0, \$type, \$host, 0, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg4 not a reference/', 
+       "calling parsesrcstr() with incorrect argument type for arg4");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::parsesrcstr(0, \$type, \$host, \$port, 0, 0)
+    }, '/^arg5 not a reference/', 
+       "calling parsesrcstr() with incorrect argument type for arg5");
+
+    throws_ok(sub {
+        Net::Pcap::parsesrcstr(0, \$type, \$host, \$port, \$name, 0)
+    }, '/^arg6 not a reference/', 
+       "calling parsesrcstr() with incorrect argument type for arg6");
+
+}
+
+$r = eval { createsrcstr(\$src, $type, $host, $port, $name, \$err) };
+is( $@, '', "createsrcstr() " );
+is( $r, 0, " - should return zero: $r" );
+is( $src, "$type\://$host\:$port/$name", " - checking created source string" );
+
+my($parsed_type,$parsed_host,$parsed_port,$parsed_name) = ('','','','');
+$r = eval { parsesrcstr($src, \$parsed_type, \$parsed_host, \$parsed_port, \$parsed_name, \$err) };
+is( $@, '', "parsesrcstr() " );
+is( $r, 0, " - should return zero: $r" );
+is( $parsed_type, $type, " - checking parsed type" );
+is( $parsed_host, $host, " - checking parsed host" );
+is( $parsed_port, $port, " - checking parsed port" );
+is( $parsed_name, $name, " - checking parsed name" );
+
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!perl -Tw
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+use Net::Pcap;
+use lib 't';
+use Utils;
+
+
+# first check than POE is available
+plan skip_all => "POE is not available" unless eval "use POE; 1";
+
+# then check than POE::Component::Pcap is available
+plan skip_all => "POE::Component::Pcap is not available"
+    unless eval "use POE::Component::Pcap; 1";
+my $error = $@;
+
+plan tests => 18;
+is( $error, '', "use POE::Component::Pcap" );
+
+my $dev = find_network_device();
+
+SKIP: {
+    skip "must be run as root", 17 unless is_allowed_to_use_pcap();
+    skip "no network device available", 17 unless $dev;
+
+    #diag "[POE] create";
+    POE::Session->create(
+        inline_states => {
+            _start      => \&start,
+            _stop       => \&stop, 
+            got_packet  => \&got_packet,
+        },
+    );
+
+    #diag "[POE] run";
+    POE::Kernel->run;
+}
+
+
+sub start {
+    #diag "[POE:start] spawning new Pcap session ", $_[&SESSION]->ID, " on device $dev";
+    POE::Component::Pcap->spawn(
+        Alias => 'pcap',  Device => $dev,
+        Dispatch => 'got_packet',  Session => $_[&SESSION],
+    );
+
+    $_[&KERNEL]->post(pcap => open_live => $dev);
+    $_[&KERNEL]->post(pcap => 'run');
+}
+
+sub stop {
+    #diag "[POE:stop]";
+    $_[&KERNEL]->post(pcap => 'shutdown');
+}
+
+sub got_packet {
+    #diag "[POE:got_packet]";
+    my $packets = $_[&ARG0];
+
+    # process the first packet only
+    process_packet(@{ $packets->[0] });
+
+    # send a message to stop the capture
+    $_[&KERNEL]->post(pcap => 'shutdown');
+}
+
+sub process_packet {
+    #diag "[POE:process_packet]";
+    my ($header, $packet) = @_;
+
+    ok( defined $header,        " - header is defined" );
+    isa_ok( $header, 'HASH',    " - header" );
+
+    for my $field (qw(len caplen tv_sec tv_usec)) {
+        ok( exists $header->{$field}, "    - field '$field' is present" );
+        ok( defined $header->{$field}, "    - field '$field' is defined" );
+        like( $header->{$field}, '/^\d+$/', "    - field '$field' is a number" );
+    }
+
+    ok( $header->{caplen} <= $header->{len}, 
+        "    - coherency check: packet length (caplen <= len)" );
+
+    ok( defined $packet,        " - packet is defined" );
+    is( length $packet, $header->{caplen}, " - packet has the advertised size" );
+}
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use strict;
 use Socket;
 
 $ENV{'LANG'} = $ENV{'LANGUAGE'} = $ENV{'LC_MESSAGES'} = 'C';
@@ -47,14 +48,15 @@ sub is_allowed_to_use_pcap {
         eval 'no warnings; use Win32; $is_admin = Win32::IsAdminUser()';
         $is_admin = 1 if $@; # Win32::IsAdminUser() not available
         return $is_admin
+    }
 
     # Unix systems
-    } else {
+    else {
         if(socket(S, PF_INET, SOCK_RAW, getprotobyname('icmp'))) {
             close(S);
             return 1
-
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
             return 0
         }
     }
@@ -70,10 +72,14 @@ my $err;
 my %devs = ();
 my @devs = Net::Pcap::findalldevs(\%devs, \$err);
 
-if(@devs) {
-    while($devs[0] eq 'lo' or $devs[0] eq 'lo0' or $devs[0] =~ /GenericDialupAdapter/) {
-        shift @devs
-    }
+# filter out unusable devices
+@devs = grep { $_ ne "lo" and $_ ne "lo0" and $_ !~ /GenericDialupAdapter/ } @devs;
+
+# check if the user has specified a prefered device to use for tests
+if (open(PREF, "device.txt")) {
+    my $dev = <PREF>;
+    chomp $dev;
+    unshift @devs, $dev;
 }
 
 sub find_network_device {
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!perl -T
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+plan skip_all => "Test::Distribution required for checking distribution"
+    unless eval "use Test::Distribution not => [qw(versions prereq podcover use)]; 1";
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
-eval "use Test::Pod 1.14";
-plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.14 required for testing POD" if $@;
+plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.14 required for testing POD" 
+    unless eval "use Test::Pod 1.14; 1";
 all_pod_files_ok();
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
-eval "use Test::Pod::Coverage 1.08";
-plan skip_all => "Test::Pod::Coverage 1.06 required for testing POD coverage" if $@;
-all_pod_coverage_ok({also_private => ['^constant$','^.*_xs$']});
+plan skip_all => "Currently not working for Net::Pcap";
+plan skip_all => "Test::Pod::Coverage 1.08 required for testing POD coverage"
+    unless eval "use Test::Pod::Coverage 1.08; 1";
+all_pod_coverage_ok({ also_private => [ '^constant$', '^.*_xs$' ] });
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!perl
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+plan skip_all => "Pod spelling: for developer interest only :)" unless -d 'releases';
+plan skip_all => "Test::Spelling required for testing POD spell"
+    unless eval "use Test::Spelling; 1";
+set_spell_cmd('aspell -l --lang=en');
+add_stopwords(<DATA>);
+all_pod_files_spelling_ok();
+
+__END__
+
+SAPER
+Sébastien
+Aperghis
+Tramoni
+CPAN
+README
+TODO
+AUTOLOADER
+API
+arrayref
+arrayrefs
+hashref
+hashrefs
+lookup
+hostname
+loopback
+netmask
+timestamp
+BPF
+CRC
+IP
+TCP
+UDP
+FDDI
+Firewire
+HDLC
+IEEE
+IrDA
+LocalTalk
+PPP
+LBL
+libpcap
+pcap
+WinPcap
+BOADLER
+JLMOREL
+KCARNUT
+PLISTER
+TIMPOTTER
+Bruhat
+Carnut
+Lanning
+Maischen
+Pradene
+savefile
+Savefile
+savefiles
+Savefiles
+snaplen
+endianness
+pcapinfo
+errbuf
+PerlMonks
+iptables
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -T
+#!perl -T
 use strict;
 use Test::More;
-eval "use Test::Portability::Files";
-plan skip_all => "Test::Portability::Files required for testing filenames portability" if $@;
+plan skip_all => "Test::Portability::Files required for testing filenames portability"
+    unless eval "use Test::Portability::Files; 1";
 
 # run the selected tests
 run_tests();
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 pcap_t *                T_PTROBJ
 pcap_dumper_t *         T_PTROBJ
 struct bpf_program *    T_PTROBJ
+pcap_bpf_program_t *    T_PTROBJ
 pcap_send_queue *       T_PTROBJ
 bpf_u_int32             T_UV
 u_int                   T_UV