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Ethereal Network Packet Protocol Analyzer

I just rediscovered the Ethereal network protocol analyzer.  I was trying to track down a problem using the tcptrace proxy which is a nice simple little tool when it works.  I'm not quite sure what the problem was, but I was seeing different behavior when I was using the proxy than when I wasn't, so I went for the full blown driver level sniffing that Ethereal provides.  It's based on the work of the WinPCap organization.  I'll let you know why I was sniffing network packets in my next post.

Published Saturday, May 06, 2006 11:12 PM by johnls

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# Interesting Finds

Sunday, May 07, 2006 12:48 PM by Jason Haley

# re: Ethereal Network Packet Protocol Analyzer

Not the greatest UI, but how else would you fit all the info in? I love it :)
Sunday, May 07, 2006 3:45 PM by leppie

# re: Ethereal Network Packet Protocol Analyzer

The only problem I have with ethereal is the winpcap driver doesn't work so well on dual processor systems.  Or atleast it didn't used to.  The version I had would explicitly unload itself.  Or die trying.  Hope you like the color blue!
Monday, May 08, 2006 1:32 PM by JeffCurless
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