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authorUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2004-02-24 17:49:07 +0000
committerUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2004-02-24 17:49:07 +0000
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fixed various typos
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@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Note: This capture filter language is different from the one used for the Ethere
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-Some common examples:
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+Some common examples
+--------------------
Example Ethernet: capture all traffic to and from the Ethernet address 08:00:08:15:ca:fe
ether host 08:00:08:15:ca:fe
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Beware: if you capture TCP/IP traffic with the primitives "host" or "port", you
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-Capture Filter Syntax:
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+Capture Filter Syntax
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The following is a short description of the capture filter language syntax. For a further reference, have a look at: http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump_man.html
A capture filter takes the form of a series of primitive expressions, connected by conjunctions (and/or) and optionally preceeded by not:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ This primitive allows you to filter on a host IP address or name. You can option
ether [src|dst] host <ehost>
-This primitive allows you to filter on Ethernet host addresses. You can optionally includethe keyword src|dst between the keywords ether and host to specify that you are only interested in source or destination addresses. If these are not present, packets where the specified address appears in either the source or destination address will be selected.
+This primitive allows you to filter on Ethernet host addresses. You can optionally include the keyword src|dst between the keywords ether and host to specify that you are only interested in source or destination addresses. If these are not present, packets where the specified address appears in either the source or destination address will be selected.
gateway host <host>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ This primitive allows you to filter on packets that used host as a gateway. That
[src|dst] net <net> [{mask <mask>}|{len <len>}]
-This primitive allows you to filter on network numbers. You can optionally preceed this primitive with the keyword src|dst to specify that you are only interested in a source or destination network. If neither of these are present, packets will be selected that have the specified network in either the source or destination address. In addition, you can specify either the netmask or the CIDR prefix for the network if they are different from your own.
+This primitive allows you to filter on network numbers. You can optionally preceed this primitive with the keyword src|dst to specify that you are only interested in a source or destination network. If neither of these are present, packets will be selected that have the specified network in either the source or destination address. In addition, you can specify either the netmask or the CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) prefix for the network if they are different from your own.
[tcp|udp] [src|dst] port <port>