Re: HTTP support in libpcap

[Jefferson Ogata <Jefferson.Ogata () noaa gov>]

On 2006-10-30 03:05, Ian McDonald wrote:
> On 10/29/06, Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:
> > abakash wrote:
> > > I am new to libpcap and just want to know whether libpcap has got any
> > > http support in it i.e. whether I can extract http header information
> > > from any packet.
> >
> > You can, if you choose, write code to extract HTTP header information
> > from any TCP segment captured by libpcap that contains HTTP header
> > information and that was captured with a "snapshot length" long enough
> > to contain the header information in question.
> >
> > Libpcap, however, won't do it for you; you will have to do it yourself.
> > -
> libtrace from our research group might be able to help:
> http://research.wand.net.nz/software/libtrace.php

Um, gee, is no one going to suggest wireshark?

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