Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 16:38:10 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: DES <3des@inx.su> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IP packet header visualization software Message-ID: <CAN6yY1tT41u0pGK-6-YSU6f0gh-KiEAeY_P53CiP7JoL%2BXdsyg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6de334e9-8962-e43d-006d-8bc2fe4ec1ea@inx.su> References: <6de334e9-8962-e43d-006d-8bc2fe4ec1ea@inx.su>
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On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 2:46 PM, DES <3des@inx.su> wrote: > 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. > > thank you > > 3des > tcptrace? I have not used it since I retired, but I think it was similar to what you are looking for. Its output is just text. It used an external tool to implement the plots, xplot. xplot died back on gcc-3.3 and I have no idea what its current status is, but I fear it's abandoned, xpolt.org still is alive, though.
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