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Packet sniffing software
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:51 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
What's a good packet siffing software to analize network traffic that could be peaking network traffic. something with a little more detail than ethereal?
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:58 pm
by raw
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:00 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
yeah... good stuff, but I need software based, I am trying to avoid a trip to our Florida office.
Re: Packet sniffing software
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:09 pm
by Underpants?
Giraffe }{unter wrote:What's a good packet siffing software to analize network traffic that could be peaking network traffic. something with a little more detail than ethereal?
if you just want to scan all open ports on your network,
http://www.insecure.org
nmap is for you.
as far as sniffing, snort works fair to middlin' together with tethereal
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:09 pm
by raw
It is software based, I downloaded the trial (like 300 mb) and tested it. It's quite detailed. They cut back some of the features on the trial but it's better than paying the $10,000+ price on it.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:17 pm
by ^misantropia^
snort does a good job. Heavy traffic can put a strain on the network and/or box it's running on, though.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:34 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
both nmap and snort are very good choices, i use both. haven't tried raw's suggestion.
what's the matter? donkey boy acting up again?
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:39 pm
by duffman91
http://www.ethereal.com/
Ethereal is your only choice for a packet sniffer that's free.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:53 pm
by plained
far as i know, y'all are a bunch of package sniffers :lol:
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:58 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
ffs, i totally forgot about ethereal. out in the field it's awesome. been awhile since i used it. directions say to install winpcap first, then ehtereal.exe. but it seems that ethereal.exe comes with the latest beta version of winpcap? you using 3.1, Duff? is it pretty stable?
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:05 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
nevermind, had to update to beta anyway. 3.0 wouldn't work on my system.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:30 pm
by duffman91
We use whatever the latest is +JuggerNaut+, we've never had a problem at work.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:46 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
duffman91 wrote:We use whatever the latest is +JuggerNaut+, we've never had a problem at work.
cool. we have hardware based sniffers at work, this is just for home use. thanks man.