On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 03:21:38PM -0700, Michael Goodell wrote: > Hello . . . > > Looking for a *simple* protocol monitoring solution to test connectivity > of various facets of a system, i.e. HTTP / HTTPS / POP3 / SMTP etc. I am > not looking, and don't want to install a *heavy* application like Nagios > etc, but rather something much more simple. > > I have seen checkservice (/usr/ports/sysutils/checkservice) in the past > and that looked quite simple to implement. Another question is there > anything more preferred that checkservice that anyone knows about? > > Thank you in advance for any direction.
Does tcpdump do what you need? It's pretty slim (makes Wireshark look huge by comparison) and easily scripted (since it's a command line tool). -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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