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a sniff by any other name

April 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments

This is a reminder to myself. The next time I need to download my favourite packet sniffer, I shan’t look for Ethereal anymore, for Ethereal is now known as Wireshark. I’ve used Ethereal so much in the past, whether to track down a Russian spammer/WaReZ hocker or to detect a rogue worm running rampant on a LAN, it’s a lifesaver when you really need it. It’s nice to see its development continue, even though I liked the old name better.

Tags: Ethereal · Internet · Software · Wireshark

3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Jason // Apr 24, 2007 at 9:28 am

    Where you been? It’s been Wireshark for long long time now :P.

  • 2 Chris // Apr 24, 2007 at 9:34 am

    Designing and coding enterprise apps by day, and web apps by night - that’s where I’ve been :) We have network guys at work that keep an eye on traffic, load balancing, OSI layers and all that network-y stuff. I only use tools like Wireshark now when Dena’s office’s LAN goes wonky and they ask me to look at it. So I’ve been out of the network tools loop.

  • 3 Jason // Apr 24, 2007 at 3:40 pm

    I see now :D. I’d be on the side of the network guys that does all that fun stuff. I haven’t needed to use Wireshark as of yet, as all I’ve been doing is getting router backups ready in case one goes down it can be replaced quick like :D.

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