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authorJörg Mayer <jmayer@loplof.de>2003-02-18 11:27:50 +0000
committerJörg Mayer <jmayer@loplof.de>2003-02-18 11:27:50 +0000
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"\n"
" Note: This is just an ASCII snapshot of the faq and may not be up to\n"
" date. Please go to http://www.ethereal.com/faq for the up to\n"
-" date version. The version of the snapshot can be found at the\n"
+" date version. The version of this snapshot can be found at the\n"
" end of this document.\n"
"\n"
" INDEX\n"
@@ -160,61 +160,68 @@
"\n"
" Q 1.2: What protocols are currently supported?\n"
"\n"
-" A: There are currently 340 supported protocols and media, listed\n"
+" A: There are currently 355 supported protocols and media, listed\n"
" below. Descriptions can be found in the ethereal(1) man page.\n"
"\n"
" 802.1q Virtual LAN\n"
" 802.1x Authentication\n"
-" AFS (4.0) Replication Server call declarations\n"
-" AOL Instant Messenger\n"
-" ARCNET\n"
-" ATM\n"
-" ATM LAN Emulation\n"
-" AVS WLAN Capture header\n"
+" Address Resolution Protocol\n"
" Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector Routing Protocol\n"
" Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector Routing Protocol v6\n"
-" Address Resolution Protocol\n"
+" AFS (4.0) Replication Server call declarations\n"
" Aggregate Server Access Protocol\n"
" Andrew File System (AFS)\n"
+" AOL Instant Messenger\n"
" Apache JServ Protocol v1.3\n"
+" Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol\n"
" AppleTalk Filing Protocol\n"
" AppleTalk Session Protocol\n"
" AppleTalk Transaction Protocol packet\n"
-" Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol\n"
+" ARCNET\n"
" Async data over ISDN (V.120)\n"
+" ATM\n"
+" ATM AAL1\n"
+" ATM AAL3/4\n"
+" ATM LAN Emulation\n"
+" ATM OAM AAL\n"
" Authentication Header\n"
+" AVS WLAN Capture header\n"
" BACnet Virtual Link Control\n"
" Banyan Vines\n"
" Banyan Vines Fragmentation Protocol\n"
" Banyan Vines SPP\n"
" Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol\n"
+" Boardwalk\n"
" Boot Parameters\n"
" Bootstrap Protocol\n"
" Border Gateway Protocol\n"
" Building Automation and Control Network APDU\n"
" Building Automation and Control Network NPDU\n"
" CDS Clerk Server Calls\n"
-" Check Point High Availability Protocol\n"
" Checkpoint FW-1\n"
+" Check Point High Availability Protocol\n"
" Cisco Auto-RP\n"
" Cisco Discovery Protocol\n"
" Cisco Group Management Protocol\n"
" Cisco HDLC\n"
" Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol\n"
-" Cisco ISL\n"
" Cisco Interior Gateway Routing Protocol\n"
+" Cisco ISL\n"
" Cisco NetFlow\n"
" Cisco SLARP\n"
" Clearcase NFS\n"
-" CoSine IPNOS L2 debug output\n"
" Common Open Policy Service\n"
" Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) Browsing Protocol\n"
+" CoSine IPNOS L2 debug output\n"
+" Data\n"
+" Datagram Delivery Protocol\n"
+" Data Link SWitching\n"
+" Data Stream Interface\n"
" DCE DFS Calls\n"
" DCE Distributed Time Service Local Server\n"
" DCE Distributed Time Service Provider\n"
" DCE Name Service\n"
" DCE RPC\n"
-" DCE Security ID Mapper\n"
" DCE/RPC BOS Server\n"
" DCE/RPC CDS Solicitation\n"
" DCE/RPC Conversation Manager\n"
@@ -223,25 +230,22 @@
" DCE/RPC FLDB UBIK TRANSFER\n"
" DCE/RPC FLDB UBIKVOTE\n"
" DCE/RPC Kerberos V\n"
+" DCE/RPC Remote Management\n"
+" DCE/RPC Repserver Calls\n"
" DCE/RPC RS_ACCT\n"
" DCE/RPC RS_MISC\n"
" DCE/RPC RS_UNIX\n"
-" DCE/RPC Remote Management\n"
-" DCE/RPC Repserver Calls\n"
" DCE/RPC TokenServer Calls\n"
" DCE/RPC UpServer\n"
+" DCE Security ID Mapper\n"
" DCOM OXID Resolver\n"
" DCOM Remote Activation\n"
" DEC Spanning Tree Protocol\n"
" DHCPv6\n"
-" DNS Control Program Server\n"
-" Data\n"
-" Data Link SWitching\n"
-" Data Stream Interface\n"
-" Datagram Delivery Protocol\n"
" Diameter Protocol\n"
" Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol\n"
" Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse Prototocl\n"
+" DNS Control Program Server\n"
" Domain Name Service\n"
" Dummy Protocol\n"
" Dynamic DNS Tools Protocol\n"
@@ -250,26 +254,30 @@
" Ethernet\n"
" Extensible Authentication Protocol\n"
" FC Extended Link Svc\n"
+" FC Fabric Configuration Server\n"
" FCIP\n"
-" FTP Data\n"
-" FTServer Operations\n"
" Fiber Distributed Data Interface\n"
" Fibre Channel\n"
+" Fibre Channel Common Transport\n"
+" Fibre Channel Fabric Zone Server\n"
+" Fibre Channel Name Server\n"
" Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI\n"
" Fibre Channel SW_ILS\n"
" File Transfer Protocol (FTP)\n"
" Financial Information eXchange Protocol\n"
" Frame\n"
" Frame Relay\n"
+" FTP Data\n"
+" FTServer Operations\n"
" GARP Multicast Registration Protocol\n"
" GARP VLAN Registration Protocol\n"
-" GPRS Tunneling Protocol\n"
-" GPRS Tunnelling Protocol v0\n"
-" GPRS Tunnelling Protocol v1\n"
" General Inter-ORB Protocol\n"
" Generic Routing Encapsulation\n"
" Generic Security Service Application Program Interface\n"
" Gnutella Protocol\n"
+" GPRS Tunneling Protocol\n"
+" GPRS Tunnelling Protocol v0\n"
+" GPRS Tunnelling Protocol v1\n"
" Hummingbird NFS Daemon\n"
" HyperSCSI\n"
" Hypertext Transfer Protocol\n"
@@ -277,19 +285,6 @@
" IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN\n"
" IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN management frame\n"
" ILMI\n"
-" IP Over FC\n"
-" IP Payload Compression\n"
-" IPX Message\n"
-" IPX Routing Information Protocol\n"
-" ISDN\n"
-" ISDN Q.921-User Adaptation Layer\n"
-" ISDN User Part\n"
-" ISO 10589 ISIS InTRA Domain Routeing Information Exchange Protocol\n"
-" ISO 8073 COTP Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol\n"
-" ISO 8473 CLNP ConnectionLess Network Protocol\n"
-" ISO 8602 CLTP ConnectionLess Transport Protocol\n"
-" ISO 9542 ESIS Routeing Information Exchange Protocol\n"
-" ITU-T Recommendation H.261\n"
" Inter-Access-Point Protocol\n"
" Interbase\n"
" Internet Cache Protocol\n"
@@ -304,6 +299,20 @@
" Internet Relay Chat\n"
" Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol\n"
" Internetwork Packet eXchange\n"
+" IP Over FC\n"
+" IP Payload Compression\n"
+" IPX Message\n"
+" IPX Routing Information Protocol\n"
+" iSCSI\n"
+" ISDN\n"
+" ISDN Q.921-User Adaptation Layer\n"
+" ISDN User Part\n"
+" ISO 10589 ISIS InTRA Domain Routeing Information Exchange Protocol\n"
+" ISO 8073 COTP Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol\n"
+" ISO 8473 CLNP ConnectionLess Network Protocol\n"
+" ISO 8602 CLTP ConnectionLess Transport Protocol\n"
+" ISO 9542 ESIS Routeing Information Exchange Protocol\n"
+" ITU-T Recommendation H.261\n"
" Java RMI\n"
" Java Serialization\n"
" Kerberos\n"
@@ -312,8 +321,8 @@
" Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol\n"
" Lightweight Directory Access Protocol\n"
" Line Printer Daemon Protocol\n"
-" Link Access Procedure Balanced (LAPB)\n"
" Link Access Procedure Balanced Ethernet (LAPBETHER)\n"
+" Link Access Procedure Balanced (LAPB)\n"
" Link Access Procedure, Channel D (LAPD)\n"
" Link Aggregation Control Protocol\n"
" Link Management Protocol (LMP)\n"
@@ -322,15 +331,10 @@
" LocalTalk Link Access Protocol\n"
" Logical-Link Control\n"
" Lucent/Ascend debug output\n"
-" MMS Message Encapsulation\n"
-" MS Proxy Protocol\n"
-" MSNIP: Multicast Source Notification of Interest Protocol\n"
-" MTP 2 Transparent Proxy\n"
-" MTP 2 User Adaptation Layer\n"
-" MTP 3 User Adaptation Layer\n"
-" MTP2 Peer Adaptation Layer\n"
+" MDS Header\n"
" Message Transfer Part Level 2\n"
" Message Transfer Part Level 3\n"
+" Message Transfer Part Level 3 Management\n"
" Microsoft Distributed File System\n"
" Microsoft Exchange MAPI\n"
" Microsoft Local Security Architecture\n"
@@ -345,25 +349,27 @@
" Microsoft Windows Lanman Remote API Protocol\n"
" Microsoft Windows Logon Protocol\n"
" Microsoft Workstation Service\n"
+" MMS Message Encapsulation\n"
" Mobile IP\n"
" Modbus/TCP\n"
" Mount Service\n"
-" MultiProtocol Label Switching Header\n"
+" MSNIP: Multicast Source Notification of Interest Protocol\n"
+" MS Proxy Protocol\n"
+" MTP2 Peer Adaptation Layer\n"
+" MTP 2 Transparent Proxy\n"
+" MTP 2 User Adaptation Layer\n"
+" MTP 3 User Adaptation Layer\n"
" Multicast Router DISCovery protocol\n"
" Multicast Source Discovery Protocol\n"
-" NFSACL\n"
-" NFSAUTH\n"
-" NIS+\n"
-" NIS+ Callback\n"
-" NSPI\n"
-" NTLM Secure Service Provider\n"
+" MultiProtocol Label Switching Header\n"
+" MySQL Protocol\n"
" Name Binding Protocol\n"
" Name Management Protocol over IPX\n"
" NetBIOS\n"
" NetBIOS Datagram Service\n"
" NetBIOS Name Service\n"
-" NetBIOS Session Service\n"
" NetBIOS over IPX\n"
+" NetBIOS Session Service\n"
" NetWare Core Protocol\n"
" Network Data Management Protocol\n"
" Network File System\n"
@@ -372,15 +378,25 @@
" Network Status Monitor CallBack Protocol\n"
" Network Status Monitor Protocol\n"
" Network Time Protocol\n"
+" NFSACL\n"
+" NFSAUTH\n"
+" NIS+\n"
+" NIS+ Callback\n"
" Novell Distributed Print System\n"
+" NSPI\n"
+" NTLM Secure Service Provider\n"
" Null/Loopback\n"
-" Open Shortest Path First\n"
" OpenBSD Packet Filter log file\n"
+" Open Shortest Path First\n"
" PC NFS\n"
+" Point-to-Point Protocol\n"
+" Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol\n"
+" Portmap\n"
+" Post Office Protocol\n"
" PPP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol\n"
" PPP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol\n"
-" PPP CDP Control Protocol\n"
" PPP Callback Control Protocol\n"
+" PPP CDP Control Protocol\n"
" PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol\n"
" PPP Compressed Datagram\n"
" PPP Compression Control Protocol\n"
@@ -390,62 +406,48 @@
" PPP MPLS Control Protocol\n"
" PPP Multilink Protocol\n"
" PPP Multiplexing\n"
-" PPP Password Authentication Protocol\n"
-" PPP VJ Compression\n"
+" PPPMux Control Protocol\n"
" PPP-over-Ethernet Discovery\n"
" PPP-over-Ethernet Session\n"
-" PPPMux Control Protocol\n"
-" Point-to-Point Protocol\n"
-" Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol\n"
-" Portmap\n"
-" Post Office Protocol\n"
+" PPP Password Authentication Protocol\n"
+" PPP VJ Compression\n"
" Pragmatic General Multicast\n"
" Prism\n"
" Privilege Server operations\n"
" Protocol Independent Multicast\n"
" Q.2931\n"
" Q.931\n"
-" Quake II Network Protocol\n"
" Quake III Arena Network Protocol\n"
+" Quake II Network Protocol\n"
" Quake Network Protocol\n"
" QuakeWorld Network Protocol\n"
" Qualified Logical Link Control\n"
-" RFC 2250 MPEG1\n"
-" RIPng\n"
-" RPC Browser\n"
-" RSTAT\n"
-" RX Protocol\n"
" Radio Access Network Application Part\n"
" Radius Protocol\n"
" Raw packet data\n"
" Real Time Streaming Protocol\n"
-" Real-Time Transport Protocol\n"
" Real-time Transport Control Protocol\n"
-" Registry Server Attributes Manipulation Interface\n"
+" Real-Time Transport Protocol\n"
" Registry server administration operations.\n"
+" Registry Server Attributes Manipulation Interface\n"
" Remote Override interface\n"
" Remote Procedure Call\n"
" Remote Program Load\n"
" Remote Quota\n"
+" Remote sec_login preauth interface.\n"
" Remote Shell\n"
" Remote Wall protocol\n"
-" Remote sec_login preauth interface.\n"
" Resource ReserVation Protocol (RSVP)\n"
+" RFC 2250 MPEG1\n"
+" RIPng\n"
" Rlogin Protocol\n"
" Routing Information Protocol\n"
" Routing Table Maintenance Protocol\n"
+" RPC Browser\n"
+" RSTAT\n"
+" RX Protocol\n"
" SADMIND\n"
" SCSI\n"
-" SGI Mount Service\n"
-" SMB (Server Message Block Protocol)\n"
-" SMB MailSlot Protocol\n"
-" SMB Pipe Protocol\n"
-" SNA-over-Ethernet\n"
-" SNMP Multiplex Protocol\n"
-" SPNEGO-KRB5\n"
-" SPRAY\n"
-" SS7 SCCP-User Adaptation Layer\n"
-" SSCOP\n"
" Secure Socket Layer\n"
" Sequenced Packet eXchange\n"
" Service Advertisement Protocol\n"
@@ -453,6 +455,7 @@
" Session Announcement Protocol\n"
" Session Description Protocol\n"
" Session Initiation Protocol\n"
+" SGI Mount Service\n"
" Short Message Peer to Peer\n"
" Signalling Connection Control Part\n"
" Signalling Connection Control Part Management\n"
@@ -461,21 +464,32 @@
" Sinec H1 Protocol\n"
" Skinny Client Control Protocol\n"
" SliMP3 Communication Protocol\n"
+" SMB MailSlot Protocol\n"
+" SMB Pipe Protocol\n"
+" SMB (Server Message Block Protocol)\n"
+" SNA-over-Ethernet\n"
+" SNMP Multiplex Protocol\n"
" Socks Protocol\n"
" Spanning Tree Protocol\n"
" Spnego\n"
+" SPNEGO-KRB5\n"
+" SPRAY\n"
+" SS7 SCCP-User Adaptation Layer\n"
+" SSCOP\n"
" Stream Control Transmission Protocol\n"
+" Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC)\n"
" Syslog message\n"
" Systems Network Architecture\n"
+" Tabular Data Stream\n"
" TACACS\n"
" TACACS+\n"
-" TPKT\n"
-" Tabular Data Stream\n"
+" Tazmen Sniffer Protocol\n"
" Telnet\n"
" Time Protocol\n"
" Time Synchronization Protocol\n"
" Token-Ring\n"
" Token-Ring Media Access Control\n"
+" TPKT\n"
" Transmission Control Protocol\n"
" Transparent Network Substrate Protocol\n"
" Trivial File Transfer Protocol\n"
@@ -485,15 +499,17 @@
" Virtual Trunking Protocol\n"
" Web Cache Coordination Protocol\n"
" Wellfleet Compression\n"
+" Wellfleet HDLC\n"
" Who\n"
" Windows 2000 DNS\n"
" Wireless Session Protocol\n"
" Wireless Transaction Protocol\n"
" Wireless Transport Layer Security\n"
-" X Display Manager Control Protocol\n"
+" X11\n"
" X.25\n"
" X.25 over TCP\n"
-" X11\n"
+" X.29\n"
+" X Display Manager Control Protocol\n"
" Xyplex\n"
" Yahoo Messenger Protocol\n"
" Yellow Pages Bind\n"
@@ -502,7 +518,6 @@
" Yellow Pages Transfer\n"
" Zebra Protocol\n"
" Zone Information Protocol\n"
-" iSCSI\n"
"\n"
" Q 1.3: Are there any plans to support {your favorite protocol}?\n"
"\n"
@@ -744,6 +759,18 @@
" this. See, for example, this documentation from Cisco on the Switched\n"
" Port Analyzer (SPAN) feature on Catalyst switches.\n"
"\n"
+" Note also that many firewall/NAT boxes have a switch built into them;\n"
+" this includes many of the \"cable/DSL router\" boxes. If you have a box\n"
+" of that sort, that has a switch with some number of Ethernet ports\n"
+" into which you plug machines on your network, and another Ethernet\n"
+" port used to connect to a cable or DSL modem, you can, at least, sniff\n"
+" traffic between the machines on your network and the Internet by\n"
+" plugging the Ethernet port on the router going to the modem, the\n"
+" Ethernet port on the modem, and the machine on which you're running\n"
+" Ethereal into a hub (make sure it's not a switching hub, and that, if\n"
+" it's a dual-speed hub, all three of those ports are running at the\n"
+" same speed.\n"
+"\n"
" If your machine is not plugged into a switched network or a dual-speed\n"
" hub, or it is plugged into a switched network but the port is set up\n"
" to have all traffic replicated to it, the problem might be that the\n"
@@ -1006,6 +1033,16 @@
" you should uninstall WinPcap, download and install the current\n"
" version of WinPcap, and then install the latest version of\n"
" Ethereal.\n"
+" * On Windows 95, 98, or Me, sometimes more than one interface will\n"
+" be given the same name; if that is the case, you will only be able\n"
+" to capture on one of those interfaces - it's not clear to which\n"
+" one the name, when used in a WinPcap application, will refer. For\n"
+" example, if you have a PPP serial interface and a VPN interface,\n"
+" they might show up with the same name, for example \"ppp-mac\", and\n"
+" if you try to capture on \"ppp-mac\", it might not capture on the\n"
+" interface you're currently using. In that case, you might, for\n"
+" example, have to remove the VPN interface from the system in order\n"
+" to capture on the PPP serial interface.\n"
" * WinPcap doesn't support PPP WAN interfaces on Windows\n"
" NT/2000/XP/Server, so Ethereal cannot capture packets on those\n"
" devices when running on Windows NT/2000/XP/Server. Regular dial-up\n"
@@ -1429,4 +1466,4 @@
" list. \n"
" For corrections/additions/suggestions for this page, please send email\n"
" to: ethereal-web[AT]ethereal.com\n"
-" Last modified: Thu, January 16 2003.\n"
+" Last modified: Sun, February 09 2003.\n"