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+Guidelines for contributing
+===========================
+
+To report a security issue (segfault, buffer overflow, infinite loop, arbitrary
+code execution etc) please send an e-mail to security@tcpdump.org, do not use
+the bug tracker!
+
+To report a non-security problem (failure to compile, failure to capture packets
+properly, missing support for a network interface type or DLT) please check
+first that it reproduces with the latest stable release of libpcap. If it does,
+please check that the problem reproduces with the current git master branch of
+libpcap. If it does (and it is not a security-related problem, otherwise see
+above), please navigate to https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/issues
+and check if the problem has already been reported. If it has not, please open
+a new issue and provide the following details:
+
+* libpcap version (e.g. from tcpdump --version)
+* operating system name and version and any other details that may be relevant
+  (uname -a, compiler name and version, CPU type etc.)
+* configure flags if any were used
+* statement of the problem
+* steps to reproduce
+
+Please note that if you know exactly how to solve the problem and the solution
+would not be too intrusive, it would be best to contribute some development time
+and open a pull request instead.
+
+Still not sure how to do? Feel free to [subscribe](http://www.tcpdump.org/#mailing-lists)
+to the mailing list tcpdump-workers@lists.tcpdump.org and ask!