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Services Utility: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) Service | Display Name (?): | Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) | | Short Name (?): | rpcapd | | Executable (?): | rpcapd.exe | | Library (?): | None. | | Depends On (?): | None. | | Supports (?): | None. | | Description (?): | Allows to capture traffic on this machine from a remote machine. | | OS (?): | Third party or non-default | | Startup (?): | | Default | Home | Workstation | Server | Minimal | Tweaked | Automatic | | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual | Disabled | Disabled | |
Explanation (?): |
The remote packet capture protocol service is installed by WinPCap, which is a packet capture program that intercepts all network traffic. So when incoming data is received by the computer it is given to this service before it is passed onto the program it was meant for, and when your program sends network traffic this service sees it before it is sent to the system for uploading. This allows other programs, such as Ethereal, to parse this data for such things as Firewalls, packet sniffers, etc. It is not a required service, but it is needed for programs that use it. If you want to use this service then set it to manual and it will start when needed. If you do not want to use it then uninstall WinPCap, as well as other programs that required it. |
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"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. And be one traveler, long I stood. And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair. And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay. In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -- Robert Frost: Road Not Taken (1962) |
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