Look for snort. This is perhaps one of the best sniffers/security tools
available. It is not difficult to learn, has many switches and configuration
possibilities. Just mentioning it is bringing a tear to my eye, I'm getting
so choked up...
Get snort. You will not be sorry.
On Tuesday 26 June 2001 08:18, you wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at 11:57 PM, Craig Sprout wrote:
> > Laurent Duperval wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> How do I sniff the packets coming thru my network connection? At
> >> home, I
> >> have a cable modem and last night I noticed some activity on it,
> >> though I
> >> know I'm not doing anything using the network. How can I sniff what's
> >> going
> >> on there?
> >
> > Ethereal is a packet analyzer that is, IMO, one of the most useful
> > network tools you can have in your arsenal.
>
> Or, for something a little more "raw" you could try tcpdump.
