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Date:      Sun, 04 Nov 2001 00:33:45 -0500
From:      Michael Aucoin <maucoin01@mediaone.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Benedikt Schmidt <s_bschmi@ira.uka.de>
Subject:   Re: Available Sniffers
Message-ID:  <3BE4D339.E2518191@mediaone.net>
References:  <3BE40115.D1782D7D@mediaone.net> <20011103160725.A34154@wn4-marvin.wn4.uni-karlsruhe.de>

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Benedikt was kind enough to suggest ethereal.  I investigated it and it seems
promising.  I installed the port.  It seemed to install fine.  The make file
also installed gdt and libtool.  Please excuse my ignorance - what do I do now
to execute it?  I have KDE as my desktop environment, and I start X by using
the startx command.  I guess I am clueless as to what running GDT means.  Can
anyone outline the steps to take?  Thanks!

Mike

Benedikt Schmidt wrote:

> Michael Aucoin <maucoin01@mediaone.net> wrote:
> > Are there any GUI-enabled sniffers (network analyzers) available on
> > FreeBSD?  My group and I are trying to look at network traffic at a more
> > macroscopic view and are less interested in the contents of packets.  We
> > are interested in filtering specific packets out of a large number and
> > logging them.  For instance, in some cases we are experiencing software
> > problems that occur seldom over a few days.  When they occur we would
> > like to be able to capture LDAP traffic and TCP traffic for the
> > connections being used by LDAP.  I guess the ability to set up filtering
> > and to easily display traffic after the fact are essential.  My group
> > finds tcpdump harder to setup and use textually.  Is there an
> > alternative?
> There is /usr/ports/net/ethereal an "X11/GTK network analyzer/capture
> tool".
>
> --
> Benedikt


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