Hello, Are there any plans to transport Ethereal to IBM ZOS platform? I am willing to assist in any development.
Thanks...... -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Combs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 10:15 AM To: Lou, Jim Subject: Re: ethereal on IBM mainframe running ZOS I'm not aware of anyone working on a straight z/OS port. Glancing through the IBM site it appears that z/OS provides a pretty complete POSIX layer, so it should theoretically be possible. At a minimum you would need to port libpcap (the capture library) as well, or modify Ethereal to use any native capture APIs that z/OS might provide. You might try sending a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see if anyone is working on a port or is interested in helping. Have you considered doing passive captures? Most Catalysts let you mirror (SPAN) switch ports. You could set up a dedicated PC on a SPAN port to do your captures. This would require minimal participation by your LAN support group, and it wouldn't affect the performance of the mainframe. The CIPs are another story, however. I'm not aware of any way to mirror them. BTW, I'm not sure if it would help in your case, but Ashley Chaloner has created Ethereal packages for Linux on the S/390 here: http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~csuwf/rpms.html On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Lou, Jim wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am working on IBM mainframe running ZOS operating system. Are there > any plans to transport ethereal to work on that platform? If so when > will that support be available? If not, what would it take to get such > support? > > > > I work for the City of New York and have a large intranet connecting to > various agencies as well as to internet with outside entities. We > internetwork with many different environments through CISCO CiP routers > as well as IBM OSA Gigabit to CISCO Catalyst switches. Unfortunately I > don't have any tools available for debugging. I have to take mainframe > traces and they are CPU hogs and are discouraged. Asking the LAN support > group for assistance is not often timely and their resources are > limited. The City of New York is have major financial problems and the > acquisition budget had been severely slash. > > > > If needed, I will be willing to help develop the necessary support. > > > > My contact information is: > > > > Name Jim Lou > > Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT). > > > > Telephone number 718-403-8059 > > > > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Thanks........... > >
