Thanks!
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NOTE: Versions up to 0.3 inclusive had a great big security hole. Anyone
using these should upgrade!
NEW : Version 0.7 is primarily a fix to build on Mandrake 7.0 with
gcc 2.95. Otherwise there is one fix to the packet details
display (source/destination address mixup), and a picture of me
in the about box (OK, this is a pure ego trip, but the KDE site
has a developers' gallery).
THANX: To everyone who helped sort the gcc 2.95 problem, and generally
supplied bug reports and feedback. You might want to grab the
latest upload for the above bug fix.
MANDRAKE:
Should be OK now!
-----[The Actual Announcement]----------------------------------------
KSnuffle is a network packet sniffer for KDE. Features include:
* Basic filtering and packet selection via the GUI
* Advanced filtering and packet selection via filter programs
* Multiple concurrent monitors
* Text and binary logging, plus replay of binary log files
* Textual display of network traffic overview
* Full(er) details of protocol and application data available
* Display of data in TCP/IP streams
* Network load histograms and time-averaged load display
* Parallel display of multiple load histograms
* Save and restored filter and packet selection configurations
* Support for use by selected non-root users
* Plugin support - 0.7 contains dns, summary and end-to-end plugins
In its current state it is, so far as I can tell, quite reliable. The
main area where is is lacking is actually decoding different network
packets. At the moment, it handles basic decoding of TCP/IP and UDP/IP,
plus ARP/RARP and ICMP. Packet decoding does not go down into the
application level except for DNS packets.
Also, KSnuffle uses libpcap-0.4, as used by tcpdump. As I only have access
to Linux boxen, I cannot build or test it for any other Unix. I'd be
interested if anyone else could try.
The plugin interface as changed a tiny bit, specifically the structure
returned by "getPlugin" has changed. If (in the unlikely event) anyone
has written a plugin, see the PLUGINS file for details.
KSnuffle is available from ftp://195.92.31.34/pub/ksnuffle-0.7/ ; there
is a homepage at http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk/ksnuffle.html. The latter
contains some screen shots and other information.
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