Re: analyzing packets

["Barry Irwin" <bvi () itouchlabs com>]

Hi

Ethereal does a pretty good job on most protocols, and has a nice GUI
interface for both *nix  and windows, which allows one to mine down through
the contents of the packet.   Tcpdump can also do a pretty good job  when
used with the -v (verbose) flag.   Your choice of tool really depends what
youa re looking for.

Regards,

Barry


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lance Worthington" <lworthington () calltech com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:04 PM
Subject: analyzing packets


> What tools do most of you use to break down a packet. I'm able to catch
> packets with tcpdump or etheral but from there I'm not sure what to do.
Does
> anyone recommend utils or low level white papers on the subject?
>
> Lance
>
>
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