Re: [Dorset] Network analysis tools
You can do some really cool stuff with http://www.backtrack-linux.org/. It provides all sorts of tools for network analysis, although some of the tools are quite "scary"! at what they can do. I did a project at university on dsniff password sniffer - sat that on my home network plugged into the uplink port on the router was v. scary. My dissertation was extending Snort (intrusion/detection) with Perl! Alex On 10 November 2010 20:01, Peter Merchant wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 16:04 +, Brian Masterman wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I don't know what anyone has said up to now about network analysis, but > > I have only just discovered 'etherape' and just needed to rave about it. > > I used to write network analysis tools for X25 when I worked for Plessey > > and always planned to write something like this but never got round to it. > > > > Brian Masterman > > > > -- > As was mentioned, Wireshark was/is a tremendous tool and all the better > for being free. I could never have afforded enough copies of a tool for > a student lab. One of the tools that we had was $25,000 in the full > version! > > Wireshark also does a display like that shown for Etherape. > > So - I take it you were writing Network analysis tools for X.25 at > Plessey while I was working on the network management software for the > 2500 Packet switch range? Didn't we have an Atlantic Research box or a > Tektronix box that also did that? > > Peter M. > > > -- > Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Network analysis tools
On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 16:04 +, Brian Masterman wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't know what anyone has said up to now about network analysis, but > I have only just discovered 'etherape' and just needed to rave about it. > I used to write network analysis tools for X25 when I worked for Plessey > and always planned to write something like this but never got round to it. > > Brian Masterman > > -- As was mentioned, Wireshark was/is a tremendous tool and all the better for being free. I could never have afforded enough copies of a tool for a student lab. One of the tools that we had was $25,000 in the full version! Wireshark also does a display like that shown for Etherape. So - I take it you were writing Network analysis tools for X.25 at Plessey while I was working on the network management software for the 2500 Packet switch range? Didn't we have an Atlantic Research box or a Tektronix box that also did that? Peter M. -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Network analysis tools
Hey Brian, The one I like is wireshark (whether there's still an open source version I dunno), multiprotocol and with ao feature I just loved... it could umm unencode SIP packets back to a wav file... I like stuff like that :). Oh how I miss rocking up to site with my protocol analyzer to shred someones DPNSS implementation :) Bryn On 10 Nov 2010 16:04, "Brian Masterman" wrote: Hi all, I don't know what anyone has said up to now about network analysis, but I have only just discovered 'etherape' and just needed to rave about it. I used to write network analysis tools for X25 when I worked for Plessey and always planned to write something like this but never got round to it. Brian Masterman -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Network analysis tools
Hi Brian, On 10/11/2010 16:04, Brian Masterman wrote: > I don't know what anyone has said up to now about network analysis, > but I have only just discovered 'etherape' and just needed to rave > about it. I used to write network analysis tools for X25 when I worked > for Plessey and always planned to write something like this but never > got round to it. I leave that running when I am away in the office and it often draws a crowd!! It is a nice visualisation tool Si -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Network analysis tools
Hi all, I don't know what anyone has said up to now about network analysis, but I have only just discovered 'etherape' and just needed to rave about it. I used to write network analysis tools for X25 when I worked for Plessey and always planned to write something like this but never got round to it. Brian Masterman -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
