Re: sniffing HTTP traffic to load-balancer on a

[Jim Lloyd <jlloyd () silvertailsystems com>]

You want some kind of port
mirroring<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_mirroring>
.

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Andrej van der Zee <
andrejvanderzee () gmail com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a solution that sniffs all HTTP traffic to the
> load-balancer in a multi-tier web application, but WITHOUT starting
> tcpdump on the load-balancer itself. The sniffing has to be isolated
> on a dedicated machine, without having to change anything to the web
> application itself. If the dedicated sniff-machine shuts down, the web
> application CANNOT be affected. The dedicated sniff-machine should run
> Linux, preferably Ubuntu. I am looking for a cheap solution in terms
> of hardware. But most important is that the solution is non-intrusive
> to the web application to be sniffed. I am sure I am not the first, so
> any help appreciated!
>
> Thank you,
> Andrej
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