network resquest to tap pseudo device driver

From: snort Snort <snort_sam_at_yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 22:48:55 -0700 (PDT) · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:38:38 UTC

Hi,

Can anybody tell me what benefit for building a tap
pseudo ethernet device driver for some sort of network
communication? Why not directly communicate thru a
"real" ethernet device driver like fxp0, xl0, etc.

Thanks
Sam

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