On Sep 12, 2007, at 5:31 AM, Phlip wrote: > I didn't read the whole thread but what is your actual problem? > Inventing network layer protocols in Ruby is not going to be pretty... Heh, No, I don't want to invent a network protocol however awesome that would be. Reimplement all of my computer's current protocols in ruby? That would be amazing. No, I'm just trying to replace Rubyforger (notice the extra r) and pcap with a truly native library. Well, thanks for the help everyone! ~ Ari English is like a pseudo-random number generator - there are a bajillion rules to it, but nobody cares.