Help/Faq : Basic concepts on the architecture

WinpCap capture all frames transiting on the network. All TCP packets are added to TCP connections (TCP streams). A TCP connection is a couple (IP source :port source; IP destination:port destination). A thread verify that each TCP connection has been accessed for less than 10 seconds. If not, TCP connection is closed. The type of connection is determined (http, pop3, nntp …) and data is saved.

There is a problem with such an algorithm. If a TCP connection is really closed (FIN flag received by both extremities) and a TCP connection is reopened less than 10 seconds after using the same (IP source:port;IP destination:port), OWNS will consider that there is only one connection. Fortunately, this problem does not occur frequently, at least when timeout is fixed to 10 seconds.

How to compile OWNS ?

You need Delphi 6 or Delphi 7 to compile OWNS on Windows. Just open owns.dpr and compile it.
Owns cannot be compiled with any previous versions

You need Kylix 3 to compile Owns on Linux.

The sources are the same for Kylix and Delphi version.