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Date:      Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:39:15 -0700
From:      Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
To:        DES <3des@inx.su>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IP packet header visualization software
Message-ID:  <20171101223930.33B00156E7D7@mail.bitblocks.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:46:25 %2B0300." <6de334e9-8962-e43d-006d-8bc2fe4ec1ea@inx.su>
References:  <6de334e9-8962-e43d-006d-8bc2fe4ec1ea@inx.su>

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On Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:46:25 +0300 DES <3des@inx.su> wrote:
DES writes:
> Hello FreeBSD-Net,
> 
> does anybody remember, around year 2004, there was a software 
> application available (either as port, or package). Unfortunately I do 
> not recall the application name and I'm not able to find it again, 
> although I've reviewed the Ports collection from year 2005 which I have 
> on 3 DVDs. I do not remember if the application captured data from the 
> network interface by itself, or used tcpdump output, that actually 
> doesn't matter. What matters is that this app draw a picture of the 
> selected IP packet's header, similar to the one in RFC791 at page 11, 
> chapter "3.1. Internet Header Format". The picture drawn was 
> minimalistic and in colors (green, yellow), and it showed the field 
> values from the actual capture. I've ran it under TWM, and it looked 
> close to that one, but showing captured values instead of (or along 
> with) field names -
> 
> Appreciate if anybody remembers that application by a chance and could 
> tell its name.

ethereal? It later became wireshark.



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