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Re: tcpdump installation on unix firewall?
From: Siglite <siglite () criticalstop com>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:56:42 -0400 (EDT)
I've never run a sniffer directly on the firewall. However, I've found it extremely usefull to have sniffers on both sides of it. In fact, that's generally the first place I go when I'm having a connectivity problem through the firewall. /*-----------------------------------*/ /* I live with FEAR every day. */ /* But, sometimes, she lets me RACE. */ /*-----------------------------------*/ KT Morgan Network Engineer Checkpoint Firewall-1 CCSA/CCSE Microsoft MCP Software Systems Group, Inc On 27 Aug 1999 Andreas.Bolatzki () ch danzas com wrote:
Hi fw-wizards Do you consider it an utterly bad idea to install a packet sniffer on a firewall. (HP box running FW-1). Why would I want to do this? Perhaps you know this already: If sth. is not working it's either the firewall or the network. I need a tool to proove what's going on... Badly performing server, find out what normal traffic is for an application (data volume, traffic profile for one request....) and more of this kind. Is there anybody out there... doing this? Does it interfere with the FW-1 software? Thanks, Andy :-oe. --- Andreas Bolatzki DANZAS Management AG Corporate IT Operations and Support Muenchensteinerstr. 43 CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland Tel. +41 (61) 319 8686, Fax. +41 (61) 319 8866 Internet: andreas.bolatzki () ch danzas com X400: C=ch;A=atlas;P=danzas;O=dzchbslho;S=Bolatzki;G=Andreas
Current thread:
- tcpdump installation on unix firewall? Andreas . Bolatzki (Aug 27)
- Re: tcpdump installation on unix firewall? Matt Curtin (Aug 30)
- Re: tcpdump installation on unix firewall? Siglite (Aug 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: tcpdump installation on unix firewall? Robert Graham (Aug 30)
- Re: tcpdump installation on unix firewall? Lance Spitzner (Aug 31)
- Re: tcpdump installation on unix firewall? Peter J. Cherny (Aug 30)
- RE: tcpdump installation on unix firewall? jan . schultheiss (Aug 30)
- RE: tcpdump installation on unix firewall? Mason Begley (Aug 31)