From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 30 0:44:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [63.67.141.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0488D14BCD for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:44:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA05331; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 03:44:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 03:44:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Julian Elischer Cc: Bob Bishop , Peter Jeremy , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcpdump(1) additions. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > It would make sense except that the last time someone tried, some people > complained that it made it too easy to sniff passwords etc. Thats such a bogus issue. IIRC there are ports that do the same thing (automatic snarfing of cleartext passwords from tcp streams.) And if it isn't a port yet I'm sure someone will come out of the woodwork and make it one. Regardless, -x solves 90% of the issues that cause me to have to use tcpdump | tcpshow right now. > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Bob Bishop wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > At 1:38 pm +1000 30/6/99, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > >[...] > > >Whilst we're at it, how about extending `-x' to print out the packet > > >in ASCII and hex (ala hd(1)). I know the code includes the statement > > > > > > * (BTW, please don't send us patches to print the packet out in ascii) > > > > > >but I find this feature very useful. (I'll send you patches if you > > >are interested). > > > > Hear hear. I have just three tiny personal patches that I apply to the > > FreeBSD code base, and (my version of) that's one of them. > > > > > > -- > > Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 > > rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message