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diff --git a/doc/tethereal.pod b/doc/tethereal.pod index aa20d76baf..f5002fc59a 100644 --- a/doc/tethereal.pod +++ b/doc/tethereal.pod @@ -43,26 +43,93 @@ data from a live network, or read packets from a previously saved capture file, either printing a decoded form of those packets to the standard output or writing the packets to a file. B<Tethereal>'s native capture file format is B<libpcap> format, which is also the format used -by B<tcpdump> and various other tools. In addition, B<Tethereal> can -read capture files from B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop>, Shomiti/Finisar -B<Surveyor> captures, Novell B<LANalyzer> captures, Network -General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or -uncompressed) captures, Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures, files -from AIX's B<iptrace>, Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> captures, captures from -Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer>, AG Group/WildPackets -B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp> captures, captures -from B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer, B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output, -files from HP-UX's B<nettl>, the dump output from B<Toshiba's> ISDN -routers, the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project, the -output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection -System, B<pppd logs> (pppdump format), the output from VMS's -B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities, the text output from -the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility, traffic capture files from Visual -Networks' Visual UpTime, the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug, the output -from Accellent's 5Views LAN agents, captures in Endace Measurement -Systems' ERF format, Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces, -captures from Network Instruments Observer version 9, and traces from -the EyeSDN USB S0. There is no need to tell B<Tethereal> what type of +by B<tcpdump> and various other tools. + +B<Ethereal> can read / import the following file formats: + +=over 4 + +=item * +libpcap/WinPcap, tcpdump and various other tools using tcpdump's capture format + +=item * +B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop> + +=item * +Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures + +=item * +Novell B<LANalyzer> captures + +=item * +Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures + +=item * +AIX's B<iptrace> captures + +=item * +Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> captures + +=item * +Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer> captures + +=item * +Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures + +=item * +AG Group/WildPackets B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures + +=item * +B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer captures + +=item * +Network Instruments B<Observer> version 9 captures + +=item * +B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output + +=item * +files from HP-UX's B<nettl> + +=item * +B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output + +=item * +the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project + +=item * +traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0. + +=item * +the output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System + +=item * +B<pppd logs> (pppdump format) + +=item * +the output from VMS's B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities + +=item * +the text output from the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility + +=item * +Visual Networks' B<Visual UpTime> traffic capture + +=item * +the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug + +=item * +the output from Accellent's B<5Views> LAN agents + +=item * +Endace Measurement Systems' ERF format captures + +=item * +Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces + +=back + +There is no need to tell B<Tethereal> what type of file you are reading; it will determine the file type by itself. B<Tethereal> is also capable of reading any of these file formats if they are compressed using gzip. B<Tethereal> recognizes this directly @@ -84,35 +151,48 @@ in the packet. When writing packets to a file, B<Tethereal>, by default, writes the file in B<libpcap> format, and writes all of the packets it sees to the output file. The B<-F> flag can be used to specify the format in which -to write the file. The following formats are supported: +to write the file. The following output formats are supported: -=over 8 +=over 4 -=item B<libpcap> - libpcap (tcpdump, Ethereal, etc.) +=item* +B<libpcap> - libpcap (tcpdump, Ethereal, etc.) -=item B<rh6_1libpcap> - Red Hat Linux 6.1 libpcap (tcpdump) +=item * +B<rh6_1libpcap> - Red Hat Linux 6.1 libpcap (tcpdump) -=item B<suse6_3libpcap> - SuSE Linux 6.3 libpcap (tcpdump) +=item * +B<suse6_3libpcap> - SuSE Linux 6.3 libpcap (tcpdump) -=item B<modlibpcap> - modified libpcap (tcpdump) +=item * +B<modlibpcap> - modified libpcap (tcpdump) -=item B<nokialibpcap> - Nokia libpcap (tcpdump) +=item * +B<nokialibpcap> - Nokia libpcap (tcpdump) -=item B<lanalyzer> - Novell LANalyzer +=item * +B<lanalyzer> - Novell LANalyzer -=item B<ngsniffer> - Network Associates Sniffer (DOS-based) +=item * +B<ngsniffer> - Network Associates Sniffer (DOS-based) -=item B<snoop> - Sun snoop +=item * +B<snoop> - Sun snoop -=item B<netmon1> - Microsoft Network Monitor 1.x +=item * +B<netmon1> - Microsoft Network Monitor 1.x -=item B<netmon2> - Microsoft Network Monitor 2.x +=item * +B<netmon2> - Microsoft Network Monitor 2.x -=item B<ngwsniffer_1_1> - Network Associates Sniffer (Windows-based) 1.1 +=item * +B<ngwsniffer_1_1> - Network Associates Sniffer (Windows-based) 1.1 -=item B<ngwsniffer_2_0> - Network Associates Sniffer (Windows-based) 2.00x +=item * +B<ngwsniffer_2_0> - Network Associates Sniffer (Windows-based) 2.00x -=item B<visual> - Visual Networks traffic capture +=item * +B<visual> - Visual Networks traffic capture =back |