Re: potential network attacks

[Paul Robertson <proberts () patriot net>]

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 black () galaxy silvren com wrote:

> Wildpackets Etherpeek is a good buy. I got mine for around $1200/copy.
> Significantly cheaper than Network Associates, which was around $15k in
> the quote I received.

Ethereal is a better buy- it's free software :)  NAI's software makes
nicer eye candy, and the error highlighting makes it better for people who
don't have a lot of experience (especially in Token Ring environments),
but if you just need to look at packets, Ethereal rocks.  I haven't looked
at Etherpeek, but I've used the NAI product since back when it was Network
General and came with its own hardware.

> Granted, they are not exactly the same product so no flames please. But
> they both sniff and sniff well, so if you're just interested in looking at
> some captures, Etherpeek is worth a look.

Ethereal is actually more stable under Windows than under Linux, and does
a very good job of packet decoding- which is the value to someone who
knows enough about networking to do good troubleshooting.

Paul
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