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| author | Gilbert Ramirez <gram@alumni.rice.edu> | 1999-07-09 04:18:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Gilbert Ramirez <gram@alumni.rice.edu> | 1999-07-09 04:18:36 +0000 |
| commit | 5a7e28ca4645f88850af498a9a28fa5dea0f14b4 (patch) | |
| tree | 45c8b659a436d5f9f9942e24983e95bbc1430594 /README | |
| parent | 5617c183683f2e421aa2367cefdcc67f427c5a29 (diff) | |
Added the ability to create a read-only ethereal, i.e., one that
doesn't link with libpcap, so no packet captures can be made. The
"--disable-pcap" option has been added to the configure script. Docs
have been updated. And the string buffer size in the simple_dialog()
has been doubled so that Johan's e-mail address in the "About" dialogue
window doesn't get chopped off.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=351
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 22 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions
@@ -57,22 +57,12 @@ Multiple File Types The wiretap library is a packet-capture library currently under development parallel to ethereal. In the future it is hoped that wiretap will have more features than libpcap, but wiretap is still in -its infancy. You can compile ethereal with the wiretap library by using -'./configure --with-wiretap'. Using wiretap will allow you to read -libpcap, Sniffer, NetXray (and Sniffer Pro), Sun "snoop", LANalyzer, -Microsoft Network Monitor, and AIX "iptrace" 2.0 trace files. Some minimal -display filters now work. But because "Follow TCP Stream" relies on IP and TCP -display filtering, and those aren't yet available in wiretap's display filter -system, "Follow TCP Stream" is turned off when you compile --with-wiretap. - -You can still capture packets from within ethereal using libpcap, and therefore -use libpcap-style capture filters, however. - -If you want to add support for other packet-capture file formats, please -look at the wiretap source code in the wiretap directory. - -Please report any problems that are wiretap related to -Gilbert Ramirez <gram@verdict.uthscsa.edu>. +its infancy. However, wiretap is used in ethereal for its ability +to read mulitiple file types. You can read the following file +formats, and create display filtes for them as well: + +libpcap, Sniffer (uncompresed), NetXray, Sniffer Pro, snoop, +Shomiti, LANalyzer, Network Monitor, and iptrace 2.0 (AIX) IPv6 |