Wireshark
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Wireshark
http://www.wireshark.org/
Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer, or "packet sniffer", that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality packet analyzer for Unix, and the most useful packet analyzer on any platform.
Documentation
User guide and Developer guide in various formats at http://www.wireshark.org/docs/
Related Projects
Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPLv2orlater | Janet Casey | 4 February 2002 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Gerald Combs | Maintainer |
| See and the Authors file in the distribution for a complete list | Contributor |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Help | mailto:wireshark-announce@wireshark.com | |
| Developer | mailto:wireshark-dev@wireshark.com | |
| Support | mailto:wireshark-users@wireshark.com |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Weak prerequisite | NET-SNMP or CMU-SNMP libraries (to enable SNMP data decoding) |
| Weak prerequisite | ADNS (for asynchronous name lookup) |
| Weak prerequisite | PCRE (for the "matches" display filter) |
| Source requirement | GTK+ 1.2 or later |
| Source requirement | libpcap (http://www.tcpdump.org/) |
| Weak prerequisite | Python (to generate code) |
| Weak prerequisite | Perl (to build documentation |
| Weak prerequisite | zilb (to read gzip-compressed files on the fly) |
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