Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in

2011-09-15 Thread rixed
-[ Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 09:56:59AM -0700, Rick Jones ] > What are the issues/benefits/downfalls one way or t'other between the > two schemes - over ssh and a specific connection - when it comes to > making certain that this thing forwarding captured traffic isn't simply > chasing its own tai

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in

2011-09-14 Thread Michael Richardson
> "Rick" == Rick Jones writes: Rick> What are the issues/benefits/downfalls one way or t'other Rick> between the two schemes - over ssh and a specific connection - Rick> when it comes to making certain that this thing forwarding Rick> captured traffic isn't simply chasing its

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in

2011-09-14 Thread Rick Jones
What are the issues/benefits/downfalls one way or t'other between the two schemes - over ssh and a specific connection - when it comes to making certain that this thing forwarding captured traffic isn't simply chasing its own tail forwarding captures of its forwarding of captures of its fowardi

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in tcpdump

2011-09-14 Thread Michael Richardson
> "Guy" == Guy Harris writes: Guy> If by "receiving end" you mean that side that receives a stream Guy> of packets, no, nothing prevents that - and implementing the Guy> *sending* end in tcpdump would neither help nor hinder that; Guy> they're orthogonal. In any case, the rec

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in tcpdump

2011-09-14 Thread Michael Richardson
> "Erik" == Erik Hjelmvik writes: Erik> I've been using tcpdump and netcat to achieve what I call Erik> "Pcap-over-IP", as described here: Erik> http://www.netresec.com/?page=Blog&month=2011-09&post=Pcap-over-IP-in-NetworkMiner Erik> This is a very simple solution that allow

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in

2011-09-14 Thread Francois Goudal
Le 14/09/11 08:16, Erik Hjelmvik a écrit : The reason for why it would be great to have in tcpdump is because tcpdump is an ubiquitous tool that is available practically everywere. Besides, there's nothing that would prevent tcpdump from being at the receiving end of a "Pcap-over-IP" TCP socket.

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in tcpdump

2011-09-13 Thread Guy Harris
On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:16 PM, Erik Hjelmvik wrote: > The reason for why it would be great to have in tcpdump is because > tcpdump is an ubiquitous tool that is available practically everywere. tcpdump-with-pcap-over-IP-support is a non-existent tool that is available nowhere. :-) If the tcpdum

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in tcpdump

2011-09-13 Thread Erik Hjelmvik
2011/9/13 Guy Harris : > It sounds as if you mean "pcap-over-IP server" here, in that tcpdump would > send network traffic over the wire to a client, such as {tcpdump, Wireshark, > NetworkMiner, etc.}. Well, you are right in that my idea was for tcpdump to send libpcap data over TCP to another m

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in tcpdump

2011-09-13 Thread Guy Harris
On Sep 13, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Erik Hjelmvik wrote: > What do you guys think? Would it be relevant to implement a > Pcap-over-IP client in tcpdump? It sounds as if you mean "pcap-over-IP server" here, in that tcpdump would send network traffic over the wire to a client, such as {tcpdump, Wiresha

[tcpdump-workers] Suggestion: Pcap-over-IP client support in tcpdump

2011-09-13 Thread Erik Hjelmvik
Hi all, I've been using tcpdump and netcat to achieve what I call "Pcap-over-IP", as described here: http://www.netresec.com/?page=Blog&month=2011-09&post=Pcap-over-IP-in-NetworkMiner This is a very simple solution that allows me to capture network traffic from remote devices, such as firewalls e