Packet Sniffing Software

[soundfx4]

Just wandering what types of packet sniffing software are out there. I have been using something called Packet Sniffer. I forgot who made it, but it was freeware, and I never really searched for another packet sniffer since this one seamed to fulfill my needs. But I have become curious about what else packet sniffers can do after seeing an advertisement on a webpage for Commview, a packet sniffer by a company named Tamo Soft. It made me question about what other packet sniffing software exist, so I thought I might check the ocforums to see what experience you all have had with different packet sniffing software.

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[David]

I know of Snort and Ethereal for Linux, not sure about any others though.

[nebben]

I use ethereal. I've also used etherpeek, but I believe it is a shareware limited thing- in that you can only capture a little bit before it cripples itself and wants you to pay.

-ben

[Xenocide]

ethereal

[jajmon]

2nd the vote for ethereal

snort is intrusion detection, not packet sniffing

[soundfx4]

Guess I'll be checking out ethereal then. Thanks for the replies!

[don256us]

Thanks guys. Just downloaded ethereal myself. Looks like a good product.