Looking for free .cap packet capture viewer

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Mike Matheny

I want to let some of my developers view captured packet data, without the
ability to capture traffic themselves. Anyone know of a viewer only
application?
 
Meaning?
All softwares that capture data obviously generate
traffic. Packets done reach the software magically. When a
packet is captured, software makes a copy of the captured
packets and keeps them with itself. The original packets
remain as it is.
I have been using www.ethereal.com for capturing packets.
It supports 100s of protocols. You will need winpcap
installed to use this software. All info is available on
the website.
-Nimit
 
He means he wants a simple "reader" that can read capture files produced by
tools such as Ethereal, so they can read the captures without need to
install the "sniffer" itself on the machine. I don't personally know of
any, but I would be curious myself of some kind of "reader" that could read
the *.cap file from both Ethereal and Netmon.
 
Thanx, Phillip, that's exactly what I am looking for!

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Mike Matheny

Phillip Windell said:
He means he wants a simple "reader" that can read capture files produced by
tools such as Ethereal, so they can read the captures without need to
install the "sniffer" itself on the machine. I don't personally know of
any, but I would be curious myself of some kind of "reader" that could read
the *.cap file from both Ethereal and Netmon.


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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


Nimit Mehta said:
Meaning?
All softwares that capture data obviously generate
traffic. Packets done reach the software magically. When a
packet is captured, software makes a copy of the captured
packets and keeps them with itself. The original packets
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Try out Ethereal, which is a full fledged sniffer. But you can print the captures to a text file format.

http://www.ethereal.com/

Ian Bagnald
MCSE:Security Windows 2000
MCSA:Security Windows 2000
COMPTIA A+


Mike Matheny said:
Thanx, Phillip, that's exactly what I am looking for!

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Mike Matheny

Phillip Windell said:
He means he wants a simple "reader" that can read capture files produced by
tools such as Ethereal, so they can read the captures without need to
install the "sniffer" itself on the machine. I don't personally know of
any, but I would be curious myself of some kind of "reader" that could read
the *.cap file from both Ethereal and Netmon.


--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


Nimit Mehta said:
Meaning?
All softwares that capture data obviously generate
traffic. Packets done reach the software magically. When a
packet is captured, software makes a copy of the captured
packets and keeps them with itself. The original packets
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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