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author | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-04-23 19:53:36 +0000 |
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committer | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-04-23 19:53:36 +0000 |
commit | 8c96276fecc408db7a6afe1c8db2a6ebd740578f (patch) | |
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seperated the input file formats into list elements, instead of a "floating text"
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diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod b/doc/ethereal.pod index d713f6e27d..04dbbe3edd 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod @@ -41,26 +41,93 @@ B<Ethereal> is a GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a previously saved capture file. B<Ethereal>'s native capture file format is B<libpcap> format, which is also the format used by B<tcpdump> and -various other tools. In addition, B<Ethereal> can read capture files -from B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop>, Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures, -Novell B<LANalyzer> captures, Network General/Network Associates -DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures, Microsoft -B<Network Monitor> captures, files from AIX's B<iptrace>, Cinco Networks -B<NetXRay> captures, captures from Network Associates Windows-based -B<Sniffer>, AG Group/WildPackets -B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp> captures, captures -from B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer, B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output, -files from HP-UX's B<nettl>, the dump output from B<Toshiba's> ISDN -routers, the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project, the -output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection -System, B<pppd logs> (pppdump format), the output from VMS's -B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities, the text output from -the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility, traffic capture files from Visual -Networks' Visual UpTime, the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug, the output -from Accellent's 5Views LAN agents, captures in Endace Measurement -Systems' ERF format, Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces, -captures from Network Instruments Observer version 9, and traces from -the EyeSDN USB S0. There is no need to tell B<Ethereal> what type of +various other tools. + +B<Ethereal> can read / import the following file formats: + +=over 4 + +=item * +libpcap, tcpdump and various other tools using tcpdump's capture format + +=item * +B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop> + +=item * +Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures + +=item * +Novell B<LANalyzer> captures + +=item * +Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures + +=item * +AIX's B<iptrace> captures + +=item * +Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> captures + +=item * +Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer> captures + +=item * +Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures + +=item * +AG Group/WildPackets B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures + +=item * +B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer captures + +=item * +Network Instruments B<Observer> version 9 captures + +=item * +B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output + +=item * +files from HP-UX's B<nettl> + +=item * +B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output + +=item * +the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project + +=item * +traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0. + +=item * +the output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System + +=item * +B<pppd logs> (pppdump format) + +=item * +the output from VMS's B<TCPIPtrace>/B<TCPtrace>/B<UCX$TRACE> utilities + +=item * +the text output from the B<DBS Etherwatch> VMS utility + +=item * +Visual Networks' B<Visual UpTime> traffic capture + +=item * +the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug + +=item * +the output from Accellent's B<5Views> LAN agents + +=item * +Endace Measurement Systems' ERF format captures + +=item * +Linux Bluez Bluetooth stack B<hcidump -w> traces + +=back 4 + +There is no need to tell B<Ethereal> what type of file you are reading; it will determine the file type by itself. B<Ethereal> is also capable of reading any of these file formats if they are compressed using gzip. B<Ethereal> recognizes this directly from |