Wireshark: Free Packet Analyzer Tool
Updated: 29 Jul 2010
Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. Originally known as Ethereal , Wireshark is particularly helpful for network troubleshooting, using a graphical front-end allows to see all traffic being passed over the network.
Features
- Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more being added all the time
- Live capture and offline analysis
- Standard three-pane packet browser
- Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others
- Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode TShark utility
- The most powerful display filters in the industry
- Rich VoIP analysis
- Read/write many different capture file formats: tcpdump (libpcap), Pcap NG, Catapult DCT2000, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, Microsoft Network Monitor, Network General Sniffer® (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer® Pro, and NetXray®, Network Instruments Observer, NetScreen snoop, Novell LANalyzer, RADCOM WAN/LAN Analyzer, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, Tektronix K12xx, Visual Networks Visual UpTime, WildPackets EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, and many othersCapture files compressed with gzip can be decompressed on the flyLive data can be read from Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, Token Ring, Frame Relay, FDDI, and others (depending on your platform)
- Decryption support for many protocols, including IPsec, ISAKMP, Kerberos, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS, WEP, and WPA/WPA2
- Coloring rules can be applied to the packet list for quick, intuitive analysis
- Output can be exported to XML, PostScript®, CSV, or plain text
The current release of Wireshark is 1.2.3. It also include all releases of Ethereal.
License : Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Wireshark is free software.
Whireshark Website : Wireshark
Documentation: http://www.wireshark.org/docs
Video : Introduction To Wireshark
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