Tcpdump

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tcpdump

http://www.tcpdump.org/
Tool for network monitoring and data acquisition

Tcpdump allows you to dump the traffic on a network. It can be used to print out the headers of packets on a network interface that matches a given expression. You can use this tool to track down network problems, to detect "ping attacks" or to monitor the network activities.

Download

http://www.tcpdump.org/release/tcpdump-4.9.3.tar.gz

VCS Checkout

git clone https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump.git

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• System-administration:monitor
• Use:system-administration

Licensing

License

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Notes

License

BSD-3-Clause

Verified by

agyaanapan, talk with agyaanapan

Verified on

29 June 2021

Notes

License, see also bsd2 or bsd3

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
See the CREDITS file in the distribution for a complete list	Contributor
The Tcpdump Group	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
	Bug Tracking	https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues
Developer,Support	E-mail	mailto:tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org
	Changelog	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/master/CHANGES
Ruby (Ref)		https://rubygems.org/gems/tcpdump
Debian (Ref)		https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tcpdump

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Required to use	libpcap

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