def run_app(sniffer):
"""Runs the LinkApp on a RedServer for the given sniffer."""
from redfootlib.server import RedServer
server = RedServer('', 9090)
app = LinkApp(sniffer)
server.add_app(app)
# Run the server in a thread... otherwise we block on server.run() and
# do not get past it until the server stops. Also, set the thread to
# be a daemon thread so it goes away when we do.
import threading
t = threading.Thread(target = server.run, args = ())
t.setDaemon(1)
t.start()
