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Interface to data link layers on a Unix-like system
The Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF; also BSD Packet Filter, classic BPF or cBPF) is a network tap mechanism and packet filter which permits computer network
Berkeley_Packet_Filter
Typed assembly language Program derivation Formal verification Berkeley Packet Filter Necula, G. C. and Lee, P. 1996. Safe kernel extensions without run-time
Proof-carrying_code
Runtime system for operating systems
kernel. It is the successor to the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF, with the "e" originally meaning "extended") filtering mechanism in Linux and is also used
EBPF
Arbiter on a node in a packet switching communication network
which are not managed by the network scheduler. Berkeley Packet Filter filters can be attached to the packet scheduler's classifiers. The eBPF functionality
Network_scheduler
Packet alteration framework for Linux and the umbrella project for software of the same
operations for packet filtering, network address translation, and port translation, which provide the functionality required for directing packets through a
Netfilter
Packet analyser
upon the pcap library and the GNU regex library. ngrep supports Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) logic to select network sources or destinations or protocols
Ngrep
Standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps
(smart contracts). The platform processes ELF files compiled to BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) byte-code, which are then deployed as shared objects and executed
Executable and Linkable Format
Executable_and_Linkable_Format
Topics referred to by the same term
known as an Internet filter Wordfilter, a script typically used on Internet forums or chat rooms Berkeley Packet Filter, filter expression used in the
Filter
Sandbox facility for Linux kernel
extension to seccomp that allows filtering of system calls using a configurable policy implemented using Berkeley Packet Filter rules. It is used by OpenSSH
Seccomp
Software or hardware-based network security system
Steven McCanne and Van Jacobson released a paper on BSD Packet Filter (BPF) while at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. From 1989 to 1990, three colleagues from
Firewall_(computing)
Linux networking toolkit
network packet traffic generation, trafgen.txf is the packet configuration: # trafgen -d eth0 -c trafgen.txf For compiling a Berkeley Packet Filter fubar
Netsniff-ng
Instruction set designed to be run by a software interpreter
for an interface-building tool but used also as a language Berkeley Packet Filter EBPF Berkeley Pascal Byte Code Engineering Library C to Java virtual machine
Bytecode
port, or combination of all. These programs take standard Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) filters. This can be used for both port mirroring and ARP spoofing
Tcpkill
Software that restricts or controls the content an Internet user is capable to access
packet filter monitoring a link until it sees an HTTP connection starting to an IP address that has content that needs filtering. The packet filter then
Internet_filter
Network packet and protocol analyzer
software-only packet monitors and decoders, often running on Unix, and often with only a command-line user interface: tcpdump, using the Berkeley Packet Filter and
Sniffer_(protocol_analyzer)
activity monitoring (DAM) systems use the Linux kernel’s extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) to observe database access from the operating system and
Database_activity_monitoring
Legal and public disputes between a software company and Linux vendors and users
August 2003 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. The first, known as the Berkeley Packet Filter, was distributed under the BSD License and is freely usable by anyone
SCO–Linux_disputes
Scripting language and tool
team announces release 3.2 [...] early experimental eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) backend [...][permanent dead link] Eigler, Frank Ch. (2012-02-01)
SystemTap
Topics referred to by the same term
tank Band-pass filter, a device that passes frequencies within a certain range Berkeley Packet Filter, a mechanism to write/read packets to/from network
BPF
U.S. information technology company
specializing in real-time network observability using extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) technology. MantisNet’s tools provided telemetry and visibility
F5,_Inc.
History of the FreeBSD operating system
vinum updates, improvements to IPFW, Advanced power management, Berkeley Packet Filter enabled by default, addition of many drivers Unsupported: 3.4 20
FreeBSD_version_history
U.S. federal court case about Linux use
removed the original license text from Unix source (such as the Berkeley packet filter), allegedly violating the BSD license. In late December 2003, new
SCO Group, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corp.
SCO_Group,_Inc._v._International_Business_Machines_Corp.
Relationship between the technology company and the open source software paradigm
following month, Microsoft launched an open source project to make the Berkeley Packet Filter work on Windows. At the Windows 11 announcement event in June 2021
Microsoft_and_open_source
Application programming interface for capturing network traffic
provide the packet-capture and filtering engines of many open-source and commercial network tools, including protocol analyzers (packet sniffers), network
Pcap
Extreme accumulation of broadcast and multicast traffic on a computer network
unable to transport normal traffic. A packet that induces such a storm is occasionally nicknamed a Chernobyl packet. Most commonly the cause is a switching
Broadcast_storm
Free Unix-like operating system kernel
feature is the Seccomp BPF (SECure COMPuting with Berkeley Packet Filters), which works by filtering parameters and reducing the set of system calls available
Linux_kernel
Free, open-source implementation of the Apple Filing Protocol
NIT, Berkeley Packet Filters). The second structural difference is in coding style. netatalk is an integration of AppleTalk into the Berkeley Unix networking
Netatalk
Data-network packet analyzer
information. The user may optionally apply a BPF-based filter to limit the number of packets seen by tcpdump; this renders the output more usable on
Tcpdump
Creating IP packets using a false IP address
receiving responses to the attack packets. Packets with spoofed IP addresses are more difficult to filter since each spoofed packet appears to come from a different
IP_address_spoofing
Network scheduler for Berkeley Software Distribution
FreeBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFly BSD, and was integrated into the pf packet filter of OpenBSD but later replaced by a new queueing subsystem (it was deprecated
ALTQ
Internet protocol that uses a proxy server
SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server. SOCKS5 optionally provides authentication
SOCKS
Computer printing system
appropriate printer. CUPS consists of a print spooler and scheduler, a filter system that converts the print data to a format that the printer will understand
CUPS
Suite of computer network protocols developed by Xerox
reporting system for problems such as dropped packets. This provided a unique set of packets which can be filtered to look for problems. In the original Xerox
Xerox_Network_Systems
data in message blocks in the early 1960s, and Donald Davies conceived of packet switching in 1965 at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), proposing a
History_of_the_Internet
Cigarette advertising icon
wild terrain. The ads were originally conceived as a way to popularize filtered cigarettes, which at the time were considered feminine. The campaign, created
Marlboro_Man
Open source controller area network drivers and networking stack for the Linux kernel
following code snippet is a working example of the SocketCAN API, that sends a packet using the raw interface. It is based on the notes documented in the Linux
SocketCAN
Field of telecommunication services
the development of PCM codec-filter chips in the late 1970s. The silicon-gate CMOS (complementary MOS) PCM codec-filter chip, developed by Hodges and
Telephony
IPv4 to IPv6 transition technology
and NAT64 BIND, Berkeley Internet Name Domain DNS server, implements DNS64 since version 9.8 PF (firewall), the OpenBSD packet filter supports IP version
List of IPv6 transition mechanisms
List_of_IPv6_transition_mechanisms
Computer Networking Program
{\displaystyle K} sink nodes. Each node generates new packets which are linear combinations of past received packets by multiplying them by coefficients chosen from
Linear_network_coding
Operating system
point. OpenBSD's security enhancements, built-in cryptography, and packet filter make it suitable for security purposes such as firewalls, intrusion-detection
OpenBSD
Dynamic disturbance in a medium or field
localized particle, the wave packet is often taken to have a Gaussian shape and is called a Gaussian wave packet. Gaussian wave packets also are used to analyze
Wave
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
modes. NPF, introduced with NetBSD 6.0, is a layer 3 packet filter, supporting stateful packet inspection, IPv6, NAT, IP sets, and extensions. It uses
NetBSD
Video encoding standard
such as is the case with MP3 files. Packetized Elementary Streams (PES) are elementary streams packetized into packets of variable lengths, i.e., divided
MPEG-1
- Organizations - OS/390 - OSI model - OSPF - Out-of-band data Packet radio - Packet switching - Parasitic computing - Parental controls - Paul Mockapetris
Index of Internet-related articles
Index_of_Internet-related_articles
Network protection device or software
expert system. The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced Bro in 1998, which used its own rule language for packet analysis from libpcap data
Intrusion_detection_system
Internet infrastructure pioneer (born 1971)
16, 1971 in San Francisco, California, US) is the Secretary General of Packet Clearing House, the international organization responsible for providing
Bill_Woodcock
Velocity at which the overall shape of a wave's amplitudes propagates
a capillary wave. The expanding ring of waves is the wave group or wave packet, within which one can discern individual waves that travel faster than the
Group_velocity
standard used within other versions of BSD. Examples include the pf packet filter, new privilege separation techniques used to safeguard tools such as
Comparison of BSD operating systems
Comparison_of_BSD_operating_systems
the development of PCM codec-filter chips in the late 1970s. The silicon-gate CMOS (complementary MOS) PCM codec-filter chip, developed by Hodges and
History_of_telecommunication
Libavfilter — audio and video filter library Libavformat — library for muxing and demuxing multimedia Libpcap — packet capture library Libdca — decoder
List_of_C_software_and_tools
Materials engineered to have properties that have not yet been found in nature
applications of metamaterials are diverse and include sports equipment, optical filters, medical devices, remote aerospace applications, sensor detection and infrastructure
Metamaterial
Computer graphics method
filtering out frequencies higher than can be represented by the image's resolution. To do this, they use a filter kernel, such as a Gaussian filter,
Path_tracing
ATAG—Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines ATAPI—Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface ATM—Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATT&CK—Adversarial Tactics, Techniques
List of computing and IT abbreviations
List_of_computing_and_IT_abbreviations
Principle that Internet service providers should treat all data equally
developed to filter harmful malware, the Internet security company NetScreen Technologies released network firewalls in 2003 with so-called deep packet inspection
Net_neutrality
Video camera connected to a computer or network
white pixels each equipped with a color filter (for details see Bayer filter). Although these color filters work well in the visible, they may be rather
Webcam
Wireless network standard
(including non 802.11 users) before transmitting each frame (some use the term "packet", which may be ambiguous: "frame" is more technically correct). 802.11-1997
IEEE_802.11
Overview of and topical guide to computer security
incoming packets and processing them. Open ports are vulnerable when there is a service listening and there is no firewall filtering incoming packets to them
Outline_of_computer_security
Electrical device that uses batteries to prevent any interruption of power flow
control server by using a GSM/GPRS channel also. The SMS or GPRS data packets sent from UPSs trigger software to shut down the PCs to reduce the load
Uninterruptible_power_supply
Secure64: Server app developer in Fort Collins, CO
performance and automatically detects and drops malformed or flooding packets, such as those received as the victim of a Denial-of-service attacks. Secure64
Secure64_Software
Monitoring of computer or network activity
called packets, which are routed to their destination and assembled back into a complete message. A packet capture appliance intercepts these packets, so
Computer and network surveillance
Computer_and_network_surveillance
Method
network traffic and eavesdropping attempts by using packet analyzing and decoding. Firewall technology filters network traffic and blocks malicious users from
Network_eavesdropping
How one process influences another
light. The phase of a wave packet travels at the phase velocity; since phase is not causal, the phase velocity of a wave packet can be faster than light
Causality
original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2021.. c. "Educational Packet" (PDF). Tall Ships Festival: Channel Islands Harbor. Archived from the original
List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics
List_of_common_misconceptions_about_science,_technology,_and_mathematics
General-purpose programming language
iterators like map, filter, and sum. For example, the following adds up all numbers between 1 and 100 that are multiples of 3: (1..=100).filter(|x| x % 3 ==
Rust_(programming_language)
School in University of Utah
of Utah was one of the original four nodes of ARPANET, the world's first packet-switched network and embryo of the current worldwide Internet. In late 1969
University of Utah School of Computing
University_of_Utah_School_of_Computing
Class of ectothermic tetrapods
a small packet of sperm on top of a gelatinous cone, on the substrate either on land or in the water. The female takes up the sperm packet by grasping
Amphibian
Free and open-source anonymity network based on onion routing
reaching an exit node at which point the original (potentially cleartext) packet is available and is forwarded on to its original destination. Viewed from
Tor_(network)
Network protocol that builds a loop-free logical topology for Ethernet networks
a one link state protocol. The bridge ID (BID) is a field inside a BPDU packet. It is eight bytes in length. The first two bytes are the bridge priority
Spanning_Tree_Protocol
School of engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles
theory of modern data networks, and for the functional specification of packet switching, which is the foundation of Internet technology. His mentoring
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
UCLA_Samueli_School_of_Engineering
American multinational pharmaceutical and medical device company
maternity kit in 1894 to aid at-home births, called Dr. Simpson's Maternity Packet, presumably after Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson. The kit included
Johnson_&_Johnson
Disinfection method using ultraviolet light
coupled with a pre-filter to remove those larger organisms that would otherwise pass through the UV system unaffected. The pre-filter also clarifies the
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation
Ultraviolet_germicidal_irradiation
English philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
2015. Waters, Ivor (1983). "The Rise and Fall of Monmouthshire". Chepstow Packets. Moss Rose Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-906134-21-8. Russell, Bertrand (2014).
Bertrand_Russell
Nagle's algorithm: improve the efficiency of TCP/IP networks by coalescing packets Truncated binary exponential backoff Banker's algorithm: algorithm used
List_of_algorithms
Concentrating specific isotopes of a chemical element
separation using Trojan wave packets formed in a circularly or linearly polarized electromagnetic field. The process of Trojan wave packet formation by the adiabatic-rapid
Isotope_separation
Ghanaian-American communications engineer
of Technology. He has co-authored five books: Introduction to Digital Filters, Tutorials on Modem Communications, Intelligent Broadband Multimedia Networks
Victor_B._Lawrence
American multinational coffeehouse chain
description. In March 2009, Starbucks introduced a line of instant coffee packets, called VIA "Ready Brew". It was first unveiled in New York City with subsequent
Starbucks
Digital archive by the Internet Archive
"Internet Archive's Web Page Snapshots Held Admissible as Evidence". Packets. 2 (3). Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved January
Wayback_Machine
the development of PCM codec-filter chips in the late 1970s. The silicon-gate CMOS (complementary MOS) PCM codec-filter chip, developed by Hodges and
History_of_the_telephone
2001 United States anti-terrorism law
to include addressing and routing information to allow surveillance of packet switched networks—the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) objected
Patriot_Act
Protection of computer systems from information disclosure, theft or damage
internal network services and block certain kinds of attacks through packet filtering. Firewalls can be both hardware and software-based. Firewalls monitor
Computer_security
Action of recording the keys struck on a keyboard
Wireless keyboard and mouse sniffers: These passive sniffers collect packets of data being transferred from a wireless keyboard and its receiver. As
Keystroke_logging
Research field that lies at the intersection of machine learning and computer security
Graham-Cumming showed that a machine-learning spam filter could be used to defeat another machine-learning spam filter by automatically learning which words to
Adversarial_machine_learning
Network protocol that builds a loop-free logical topology for Ethernet networks
instance. Each instance can be assigned several configured VLANs; frames (packets) assigned to these VLANs operate in this spanning tree instance whenever
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
Multiple_Spanning_Tree_Protocol
Highest court of jurisdiction in the U.S
(December 14, 1787). "The Federalist No. 22 (quote: 4th para)". New York Packet. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2009
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
Phylum of invertebrates with jointed exoskeletons
However, most male terrestrial arthropods produce spermatophores, waterproof packets of sperm, which the females take into their bodies. A few such species
Arthropod
American computer company
circuit-switched network system growth in the 1960s (pre-ARPAnet and before packet-switching). A 945 was announced in July 1968 as a modified 940 with less
Scientific_Data_Systems
Sourcing services or funds from a group
May 2018, retrieved 21 May 2018 Murison, Malek (19 April 2018), "LivingPackets uses IoT, crowdshipping to transform deliveries", Internet of Business
Crowdsourcing
Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems
project to merge the most popular Unix variants on the market at that time: Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), UNIX System V, and Xenix. This became Unix
Oracle_Solaris
Research and scientific development company
their operation. 1981 Sidney Darlington For fundamental contributions to filtering and signal processing leading to chirp radar. 1982 John Wilder Tukey For
Bell_Labs
Intricate surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population
violations of freedom of information and human rights. The level of Internet filtering and surveillance in Bahrain is one of the highest in the world. The royal
Mass_surveillance
Region of England
Donald Watts Davies invented packet switching in the late 1960s at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington. Packet-switching was taken up by the
South_East_England
First NASA Mars rover on Mars Pathfinder mission
on its petals. The lander contained a stereoscopic camera with spatial filters on an expandable pole called Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP), and the
Sojourner_(rover)
Bell Labs, while talking on the first Motorola DynaTAC prototype. 1973: packet switched voice connections over ARPANET with Network Voice Protocol (NVP)
Timeline_of_the_telephone
Type of antenna
of parallel wires or bars oriented in one direction acts as a polarizing filter as well as a reflector. It only reflects linearly polarized radio waves
Parabolic_antenna
Sound waves with frequencies above the human hearing range
Störkel U, Vodopyanov KL, Grill W (21 September 1998). "GHz ultrasound wave packets in water generated by an Er laser". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Ultrasound
Dynamically programmable radio
wireless sensor networks, where packet relaying can take place using primary and secondary queues to forward packets without delays and with minimum power
Cognitive_radio
Act of documenting and sharing aspects of one's daily experiences online
futurologists a step towards artificial intelligence. The "publish then filter" is discussed at length and breadth in Here Comes Everybody: The Power of
Lifestreaming
Area containing fish that are harvested commercially
cause problems in local waters. Oysters filter these pollutants, and either eat them or shape them into small packets that are deposited on the bottom where
Wild_fisheries
pulse-code modulation (PCM), μ-law algorithm, audio filter, anti-aliasing filter, low-pass filter, pulse-density modulation (PDM) Electronic musical instruments
List_of_MOSFET_applications
American computer manufacturer
Jeffrey C.; Rashid, Richard F.; Accetta, Michael J. (November 1987). "The Packet Filter: An Efficient Mechanism for User-level Network Code" (PDF). Proceedings
Ridge_Computers
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a wool-packer, from an agent derivative of Middle English pack(en) ‘to pack’.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from an agent derivative of Middle Low German pak, German Pack ‘package’, hence an occupational name for a wholesale trader, especially in the wool trade, one who sold goods in large packages rather than broken down into smaller quantities, or alternatively one who rode or drove pack animals to transport goods.
Boy/Male
French, German
Little Hacker; Little Hewer of Wood
Boy/Male
English Irish
The birch tree meadow. Also see Barclay and Burke.
Surname or Lastname
Altered form of Swiss and South German Bürkle, Bürkli (see Burkle).English
Altered form of Swiss and South German Bürkle, Bürkli (see Burkle).English : variant of Berkeley.
Boy/Male
Scottish
From Berkeley.
Boy/Male
French, German
Little Hacker; Little Hewer of Wood
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Berkeley.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : assimilated form of Berkowitz.
Boy/Male
English American
Keeper of the forest; forest ranger. Famous bearer: actor Parker Stevenson.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places, in Kent, Oxfordshire, and Sussex, named Beckley, from the Old English byname Becca (see Beck 4) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.Altered spelling of the South German and Swiss topographic names Bächle, Bächli (see Bach 1).Richard Beckley was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Boy/Male
German
Little hacker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Bulkeley, from Old English bulluc ‘bullock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.Peter Bulkeley (1583–1659), Puritan divine, who came from Bedfordshire, England, was a founder of Concord, MA, in 1636.
Male
English
Pet form of English Pace, PACEY means "Passover; Easter."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Irish
From the Birch Tree Meadow; Place Name; Where Birches Grow
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon Irish English Shakespearean
From the birch meadow.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Beeley in Derbyshire, which is named with the Old English personal names Bēage (female) or Bēga (male) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : from a pet form of the medieval personal name Pask.Perhaps an altered form of German Paske.
Boy/Male
German
Little hacker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a market, Middle English market.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, Irish
From the Birch Tree Meadow; Place Name; Where Birches Grow
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Berkeley in Gloucestershire, named in Old English with be(o)rc ‘birch’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Scottish Barclay.Jewish (American) : assimilated form of Berkowitz.
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
Girl/Female
Tamil
Anantika | அநாநà¯à®¤à¯€à®•à®¾
Girl/Female
Tamil
Yellowish brown coloured, Name of the celestial cow
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Christian, English, Hindu, Indian
From the Barley Settlement; Place Name; Place Name of Where Barley was Grown
Girl/Female
Indian
Divine, Pure light, Source of wisdom
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beautiful and Intelligent
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : from the medieval personal name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah (see Elias). In Wales this surname absorbed forms derived from the Welsh personal name Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly’, ‘benevolent’.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Ascertainment; Affirmation
Girl/Female
Tamil
Goddess Lakshmi, Foremost, Best, First, Night
Boy/Male
Gaelic Irish
warrior.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Wisdom, Sharpness, Prudence
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
BERKELEY PACKET-FILTER
v. t.
To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
v. t.
To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
v. t.
To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
v. t.
To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
n.
Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.
n.
The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
v. t.
To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
v. t.
To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
v. t.
To strike with, or as with, a racket.
v. i.
To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
n.
A woman's pocket.
n.
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
n.
A gasket. See Gasket.
v. t.
To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
imp. & p. p.
of Packet
v. t.
To make up into a packet or bundle.
n.
A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.
a.
Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.
n.
A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.
v. i.
To make a confused noise or racket.