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author | Guy Harris <gharris@sonic.net> | 2021-03-12 23:31:08 -0800 |
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committer | Guy Harris <gharris@sonic.net> | 2021-03-13 10:02:02 +0000 |
commit | 5d39e361983e19fd237ed2e35016b082b5f74ad8 (patch) | |
tree | 372c99600bf44ca8d332e1f4dd3384f0d44a276f /doc | |
parent | cc6a45420a9f940acefd709b238cab1c86d7d804 (diff) |
doc: Clean up lists of file types.
Add missing entries, regularize the descriptions, etc..
Note that pcap and pcapng are the native formats.
Fix various issues.
Update the editcap -F output to match urrent reality.
While we're at it, sort the libwiretap modules, putting observer.c in
the right place.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/wireshark.pod.template | 77 |
1 files changed, 52 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index e2c31f8368..d097f4cf6d 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -22,60 +22,57 @@ S<[ E<lt>infileE<gt> ]> B<Wireshark> is a GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a -previously saved capture file. B<Wireshark>'s native capture file format -is B<pcapng> format, or B<pcap> which is also the format used by B<tcpdump> and -various other tools. +previously saved capture file. B<Wireshark>'s native capture file +formats are B<pcapng> format and B<pcap> format; it can read and write +both formats.. B<pcap> format is also the format used by B<tcpdump> and +various other tools; B<tcpdump>, when using newer verions of the +B<libpcap> library, can also read some pcapng files, and, on newer +versions of macOS, can read all pcapng files and can write them as well. -B<Wireshark> can read / import the following file formats: +B<Wireshark> can also read / import the following file formats: =over 4 =item * -pcap - captures from B<Wireshark>/B<TShark>/B<dumpcap>, B<tcpdump>, -and various other tools using libpcap's/Npcap's/WinPcap's/tcpdump's/WinDump's -capture format +Oracle (previously Sun) B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop> captures =item * -pcapng - "next-generation" successor to pcap format +Finisar (previously Shomiti) B<Surveyor> captures =item * -B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop> captures - -=item * -Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures +Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures =item * Novell B<LANalyzer> captures =item * -Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures - -=item * AIX's B<iptrace> captures =item * Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> captures =item * -Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer> captures +NETSCOUT (previously Network Associates/Network General) Windows-based +B<Sniffer> captures =item * -Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures +Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> captures +(compressed or uncompressed) =item * -AG Group/WildPackets/Savvius B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures +LiveAction (previously WildPackets/Savvius) B<*Peek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures =item * B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer captures =item * -Network Instruments/JDSU/Viavi B<Observer> version 9 captures +Viavi (previously Network Instruments) B<Observer> captures =item * B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output =item * -files from HP-UX's B<nettl> +captures from HP-UX B<nettl> =item * B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output @@ -84,10 +81,10 @@ B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project =item * -traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0. +traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0 =item * -the output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System +the B<IPLog> format output from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System =item * B<pppd logs> (pppdump format) @@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ Visual Networks' B<Visual UpTime> traffic capture the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug =item * -the output from InfoVista's B<5View> LAN agents +the output from InfoVista (previously Accellent) B<5View> LAN agents =item * Endace Measurement Systems' ERF format captures @@ -141,17 +138,47 @@ Textronix K12 text file format captures Apple PacketLogger files =item * -Files from Aethra Telecommunications' PC108 software for their test +Captures from Aethra Telecommunications' PC108 software for their test instruments =item * +Citrix NetScaler Trace files + +=item * +Android Logcat binary and text format logs + +=item * +Colasoft Capsa and PacketBuilder captures + +=item * +Micropross mplog files + +=item * +Unigraf DPA-400 DisplayPort AUX channel monitor traces + +=item * +802.15.4 traces from Daintree's Sensor Network Analyzer + +=item * MPEG-2 Transport Streams as defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1 =item * +Log files from the _candump_ utility + +=item * +Logs from the BUSMASTER tool + +=item * +Ixia IxVeriWave raw captures + +=item * Rabbit Labs CAM Inspector files =item * -Colasoft Capsa files + _systemd_ journal files + +=item * +3GPP TS 32.423 trace files =back |