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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 07:06:57 -0500
From: Michael Aucoin <maucoin01@mediaone.net>
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Subject: Re: Available Sniffers
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All,

     Thanks for the help.  I had failed to restart my X server (duh).

          Mike

FreeBSD user wrote:

> Type "ethereal" without the quotes, and hit enter. Need to be root to have
> your nic go into promiscuous mode.
>
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Michael Aucoin wrote:
>
> > 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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