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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY wireshark-download-http "http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/wireshark-&wireshark-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY wireshark-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY wireshark-md5sum "8dcfe451d8769901129809d2e19c1fb7">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY wireshark-size "28 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY wireshark-buildsize "875 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY wireshark-time "5.0 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="wireshark" xreflabel="Wireshark-&wireshark-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="wireshark.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Wireshark-&wireshark-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="wireshark">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Wireshark">Wireshark</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Wireshark</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>Wireshark</application> package contains a network
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| 33 | protocol analyzer, also known as a <quote>sniffer</quote>. This is useful
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| 34 | for analyzing data captured <quote>off the wire</quote> from a live network
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| 35 | connection, or data read from a capture file.
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| 36 | <application>Wireshark</application> provides both a graphical and a TTY-mode
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| 37 | front-end for examining captured network packets from over 500 protocols,
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| 38 | as well as the capability to read capture files from many other popular
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| 39 | network analyzers.</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs75_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wireshark-download-http;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wireshark-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &wireshark-md5sum;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download size: &wireshark-size;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &wireshark-buildsize;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Estimated build time: &wireshark-time;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | </itemizedlist>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 66 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>Additional Documentation:
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| 69 | <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download/docs/"/>
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| 70 | </para>
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| 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | </itemizedlist>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <para>From this page you can download many different docs in a variety
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| 75 | of formats.</para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Wireshark dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="required">
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| 81 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> (to build the TTY-mode front-end only)
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>Note that you need <application>Gtk+</application> or
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| 85 | <application>Qt4</application> installed, otherwise, pass
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| 86 | <option>--disable-wireshark</option> to the
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| 87 | <command>configure</command> command. SBU and disk space required are larger
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| 88 | for the Qt GUI.</para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 91 | <para role="recommended">
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| 92 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (to build the <application>Gtk+3</application>
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| 93 | GUI) and
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| 94 | <xref linkend="libpcap"/> (required to capture data)
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 98 | <para role="optional">
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| 99 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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| 100 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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| 101 | <xref linkend="lua"/>,
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| 102 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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| 103 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 104 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/adns/adns.html">adns</ulink>,
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| 105 | <ulink url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/c">GeoIP</ulink>, and
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| 106 | <ulink url="http://www.portaudio.com/download.html">PortAudio</ulink>
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| 107 | </para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to build the GUI front-end)</bridgehead>
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| 110 | <para role="optional">
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| 111 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 112 | <xref linkend="qt4"/>, or
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| 113 | <xref linkend="qt5"/>
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| 114 | </para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 117 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/wireshark"/></para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | </sect2>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="wireshark-kernel">
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| 122 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para>The kernel must have the Packet protocol enabled for
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| 125 | <application>Wireshark</application> to capture live packets from the
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| 126 | network.</para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <screen><literal>Networking support: Y
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| 129 | Networking options:
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| 130 | Packet: sockets monitoring interface: M or Y</literal></screen>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <para>If built as a module, the name is
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| 133 | <filename>af_packet.ko</filename>.</para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-kernel">
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| 136 | <primary sortas="d-Capturing-network-packets">Capturing network
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| 137 | packets</primary>
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| 138 | </indexterm>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | </sect2>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 143 | <title>Installation of Wireshark</title>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <para>Optionally, fix the description of the program in the title.
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| 146 | The first change overwrites the default "SVN Unknown" in the title
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| 147 | and the second overwrites a utility script that resets the version
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| 148 | to "unknown".</para>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <screen><userinput>cat > svnversion.h << "EOF"
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| 151 | #define SVNVERSION "BLFS"
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| 152 | #define SVNPATH "source"
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| 153 | EOF
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| 154 |
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| 155 | cat > make-version.pl << "EOF"
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| 156 | #!/usr/bin/perl
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| 157 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para><application>Wireshark</application> is a very large and complex
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| 160 | application. These instructions provide additional security measures to
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| 161 | ensure that only trusted users are allowed to view network traffic. First,
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| 162 | set up a system group for wireshark. As the <systemitem
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| 163 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 62 wireshark</userinput></screen>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para>If you want an unpriviledged user to execute
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| 168 | <application>wireshark</application>, run the following command as the
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| 169 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <screen><userinput>usermod -a -G wireshark <replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <para>If you have <application>GTK+2</application> and 3, and
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| 174 | <application>Qt4</application> and 5, one GUI linked to
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| 175 | <application>GTK+3</application> and another one linked to
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| 176 | <application>Qt5</application> are built, by default. Instead, we chose to
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| 177 | only build the <application>GTK+3</application> GUI, as the BLFS default.
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| 178 | If you prefer otherwise, some modifications are mecessary. For
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| 179 | modifications in the <command>configure</command> switches, see
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| 180 | "Command Explanations".</para>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <para>If you want to build a Qt GUI and have both
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| 183 | <application>Qt4</application> and 5 installed, issue either:</para>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <screen><userinput>source setqt5</userinput></screen>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <para>if you want the <application>Qt5</application> GUI built, or:</para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <screen><userinput>source setqt4 &&
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| 190 | sed -i 's/Qt5 Qt/Qt/' configure</userinput></screen>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <para>if you want the <application>Qt4</application> GUI built.</para>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <para>Continue to install <application>Wireshark</application> by running
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| 195 | the following commands:</para>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 198 | --with-gtk3=yes \
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| 199 | --with-qt=no \
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| 200 | --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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| 201 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 208 |
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| 209 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 210 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark &&
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| 211 |
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| 212 | install -v -m644 README{,.linux} doc/README.* doc/*.{pod,txt} \
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| 213 | /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 214 |
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| 215 | pushd /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 216 | for FILENAME in ../../wireshark/*.html; do
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| 217 | ln -s -v -f $FILENAME .
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| 218 | done &&
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| 219 | popd &&
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| 220 |
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| 221 | install -v -m644 -D wireshark.desktop \
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| 222 | /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop &&
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| 223 |
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| 224 | install -v -m644 -D image/wsicon48.png \
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| 225 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark.png &&
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| 226 |
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| 227 | install -v -m644 image/*.{png,ico,xpm,bmp} \
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| 228 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark</userinput></screen>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <para>If you downloaded any of the documentation files from the page
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| 231 | listed in the 'Additional Downloads', install them by issuing the following
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| 232 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 <replaceable><Downloaded_Files></replaceable> /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <para>Now, set ownership and permissions of sensitive applications to
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| 237 | only allow authorized users. As the <systemitem
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| 238 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <screen role="root"><userinput>chown -v root:wireshark /usr/bin/{tshark,dumpcap} &&
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| 241 | chmod -v 6550 /usr/bin/{tshark,dumpcap}</userinput></screen>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <para>Finally, add any users to the wireshark group (as root user):</para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G wireshark <username></userinput></screen>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | </sect2>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 250 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <para><command>sed -i 's/Qt5 Qt/Qt/' ...</command>: This command is required
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| 253 | because, without it, libraries and includes from
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| 254 | <application>Qt5</application> are found and used first, if both versions
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| 255 | are installed, when trying to build with <application>Qt4</application>,
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| 256 | and <command>make</command> does not complete.</para>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <para><option>--disable-wireshark</option>: This option is required if you
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| 259 | have <application>GTK+</application> installed but do not want to build
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| 260 | the GTK+ and Qt GUIs.</para>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <para><parameter>--with-gtk3=yes</parameter>: This switch is required
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| 263 | to use <application>GTK+3</application> for the GUI, if you are using
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| 264 | <parameter>--with-qt=no</parameter>. Change gtk3 by gtk2,to use
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| 265 | <application>GTK+3</application> for the GUI.</para>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <para><parameter>--with-qt=no</parameter>: This switch disables build of
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| 268 | the Qt GUI. Replace "no" by "yes", if you want it to be built.</para>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <para><option>--with-gtk2=yes</option>: This option is required if you want
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| 271 | to use <application>GTK+</application>2, instead of 3, for the GUI. Notice
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| 272 | that the GUI for only one GTK+ version (either 2 or 3) can be built.</para>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | </sect2>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 277 | <title>Configuring Wireshark</title>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <sect3 id="wireshark-config">
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| 280 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <para><filename>/etc/wireshark.conf</filename> and
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| 283 | <filename>~/.wireshark/*</filename></para>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-config">
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| 286 | <primary sortas="e-AA.wireshark-star">~/.wireshark/*</primary>
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| 287 | </indexterm>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-config">
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| 290 | <primary sortas="e-etc-wireshark.conf">/etc/wireshark.conf</primary>
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| 291 | </indexterm>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | </sect3>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <sect3>
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| 296 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <para>Though the default configuration parameters are very sane,
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| 299 | reference the configuration section of the
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| 300 | <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html/">Wireshark User's
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| 301 | Guide</ulink> for configuration information. Most of
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| 302 | <application>Wireshark</application>'s configuration can be accomplished
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| 303 | using the menu options of the <command>wireshark</command>
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| 304 | graphical interfaces.</para>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | </sect3>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <sect3>
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| 309 | <title>Desktop file for the Qt GUI</title>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <para>If Qt GUI was built and you wish an entry in the desktop menu,
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| 312 | there are two possibilities (instructions must be run as root).</para>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | <para>If only the Qt GUI was built:</para>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv -v /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop \
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| 317 | /usr/share/applications/wireshark-qt.desktop</userinput></screen>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <para>If both, GTK+ and Qt GUIs were built:</para>
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| 320 |
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| 321 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop \
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| 322 | /usr/share/applications/wireshark-qt.desktop</userinput></screen>
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| 323 |
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| 324 | <para>Now, fix it for <command>wireshark-qt</command>:</para>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e 's/ireshark/&-qt/' \
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| 327 | -e 's/^\(Icon=wireshark\)-qt/\1/' \
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| 328 | -i /usr/share/applications/wireshark-qt.desktop</userinput></screen>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <note>
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| 331 | <para>If you want to look at packets, make sure you don't filter
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| 332 | them out with <xref linkend="iptables"/>. If you want to exclude
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| 333 | certain classes of packets, it is more efficient to do it with
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| 334 | <application>iptables</application> than it is with
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| 335 | <application>Wireshark</application>.</para>
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| 336 | </note>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | </sect3>
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| 339 |
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| 340 | </sect2>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 343 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <segmentedlist>
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| 346 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 347 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 348 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <seglistitem>
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| 351 | <seg>capinfos, captype, dftest, dumpcap, editcap, mergecap, randpkt,
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| 352 | rawshark, reordercap, text2pcap, tshark,
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| 353 | wireshark and wireshark-qt</seg>
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| 354 | <seg>libfiletap.so, libwireshark.so, libwiretap.so, libwsutil.so, and
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| 355 | numerous modules under /usr/lib/wireshark/plugins</seg>
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| 356 | <seg>/usr/lib/wireshark, /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version;,
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| 357 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark, and /usr/share/wireshark</seg>
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| 358 | </seglistitem>
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| 359 | </segmentedlist>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | <variablelist>
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| 362 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 363 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 364 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | <varlistentry id="capinfos">
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| 367 | <term><command>capinfos</command></term>
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| 368 | <listitem>
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| 369 | <para>reads a saved capture file and returns any or all of several
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| 370 | statistics about that file. It is able to detect and read any capture
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| 371 | supported by the <application>Wireshark</application> package.</para>
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| 372 | <indexterm zone="wireshark capinfos">
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| 373 | <primary sortas="b-capinfos">capinfos</primary>
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| 374 | </indexterm>
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| 375 | </listitem>
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| 376 | </varlistentry>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | <varlistentry id="captype">
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| 379 | <term><command>captype</command></term>
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| 380 | <listitem>
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| 381 | <para>prints the file types of capture files.</para>
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| 382 | <indexterm zone="wireshark captype">
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| 383 | <primary sortas="b-captype">captype</primary>
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| 384 | </indexterm>
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| 385 | </listitem>
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| 386 | </varlistentry>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <varlistentry id="dftest">
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| 389 | <term><command>dftest</command></term>
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| 390 | <listitem>
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| 391 | <para>is a display-filter-compiler test program.</para>
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| 392 | <indexterm zone="wireshark dftest">
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| 393 | <primary sortas="b-dftest">dftest</primary>
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| 394 | </indexterm>
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| 395 | </listitem>
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| 396 | </varlistentry>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | <varlistentry id="dumpcap">
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| 399 | <term><command>dumpcap</command></term>
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| 400 | <listitem>
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| 401 | <para>is a network traffic dump tool. It lets you capture packet data
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| 402 | from a live network and write the packets to a file.</para>
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| 403 | <indexterm zone="wireshark dumpcap">
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| 404 | <primary sortas="b-dumpcap">dumpcap</primary>
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| 405 | </indexterm>
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| 406 | </listitem>
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| 407 | </varlistentry>
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| 408 |
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| 409 | <varlistentry id="editcap">
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| 410 | <term><command>editcap</command></term>
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| 411 | <listitem>
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| 412 | <para>edits and/or translates the format of capture files. It knows
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| 413 | how to read <application>libpcap</application> capture files,
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| 414 | including those of <command>tcpdump</command>,
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| 415 | <application>Wireshark</application> and other tools that write
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| 416 | captures in that format.</para>
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| 417 | <indexterm zone="wireshark editcap">
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| 418 | <primary sortas="b-editcap">editcap</primary>
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| 419 | </indexterm>
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| 420 | </listitem>
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| 421 | </varlistentry>
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| 422 |
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| 423 | <varlistentry id="mergecap">
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| 424 | <term><command>mergecap</command></term>
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| 425 | <listitem>
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| 426 | <para>combines multiple saved capture files into a single output
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| 427 | file.</para>
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| 428 | <indexterm zone="wireshark mergecap">
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| 429 | <primary sortas="b-mergecap">mergecap</primary>
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| 430 | </indexterm>
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| 431 | </listitem>
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| 432 | </varlistentry>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <varlistentry id="randpkt">
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| 435 | <term><command>randpkt</command></term>
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| 436 | <listitem>
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| 437 | <para>creates random-packet capture files.</para>
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| 438 | <indexterm zone="wireshark randpkt">
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| 439 | <primary sortas="b-randpkt">randpkt</primary>
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| 440 | </indexterm>
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| 441 | </listitem>
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| 442 | </varlistentry>
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| 443 |
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| 444 | <varlistentry id="rawshark">
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| 445 | <term><command>rawshark</command></term>
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| 446 | <listitem>
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| 447 | <para>dump and analyze raw libpcap data.</para>
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| 448 | <indexterm zone="wireshark rawshark">
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| 449 | <primary sortas="b-rawshark">rawshark</primary>
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| 450 | </indexterm>
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| 451 | </listitem>
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| 452 | </varlistentry>
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| 453 |
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| 454 | <varlistentry id="reordercap">
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| 455 | <term><command>reordercap</command></term>
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| 456 | <listitem>
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| 457 | <para>reorder timestamps of input file frames into output file.</para>
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| 458 | <indexterm zone="wireshark reordercap">
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| 459 | <primary sortas="b-reordercap">reordercap</primary>
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| 460 | </indexterm>
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| 461 | </listitem>
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| 462 | </varlistentry>
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| 463 |
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| 464 | <varlistentry id="text2pcap">
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| 465 | <term><command>text2pcap</command></term>
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| 466 | <listitem>
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| 467 | <para>reads in an ASCII hex dump and writes the
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| 468 | data described into a <application>libpcap</application>-style
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| 469 | capture file.</para>
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| 470 | <indexterm zone="wireshark text2pcap">
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| 471 | <primary sortas="b-text2pcap">text2pcap</primary>
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| 472 | </indexterm>
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| 473 | </listitem>
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| 474 | </varlistentry>
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| 475 |
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| 476 | <varlistentry id="tshark">
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| 477 | <term><command>tshark</command></term>
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| 478 | <listitem>
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| 479 | <para>is a TTY-mode network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture
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| 480 | packet data from a live network or read packets from a
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| 481 | previously saved capture file.</para>
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| 482 | <indexterm zone="wireshark tshark">
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| 483 | <primary sortas="b-tshark">tshark</primary>
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| 484 | </indexterm>
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| 485 | </listitem>
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| 486 | </varlistentry>
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| 487 |
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| 488 | <varlistentry id="wireshark-prog">
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| 489 | <term><command>wireshark</command></term>
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| 490 | <listitem>
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| 491 | <para>is the GTK+ GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you
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| 492 | interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a
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| 493 | previously saved capture file.</para>
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| 494 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-prog">
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| 495 | <primary sortas="b-wireshark">wireshark</primary>
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| 496 | </indexterm>
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| 497 | </listitem>
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| 498 | </varlistentry>
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| 499 |
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| 500 | <varlistentry id="wireshark-qt-prog">
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| 501 | <term><command>wireshark-qt</command></term>
|
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| 502 | <listitem>
|
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| 503 | <para>is the Qt GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you
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| 504 | interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a
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| 505 | previously saved capture file.</para>
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| 506 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-qt-prog">
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| 507 | <primary sortas="b-wireshark-qt">wireshark-qt</primary>
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| 508 | </indexterm>
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| 509 | </listitem>
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| 510 | </varlistentry>
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| 511 |
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| 512 | <varlistentry id="libwireshark">
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| 513 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libwireshark.so</filename></term>
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| 514 | <listitem>
|
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| 515 | <para>contains functions used by the
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| 516 | <application>Wireshark</application> programs to perform filtering and
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| 517 | packet capturing.</para>
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| 518 | <indexterm zone="wireshark libwireshark">
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| 519 | <primary sortas="c-libwireshark">libwireshark.so</primary>
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| 520 | </indexterm>
|
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| 521 | </listitem>
|
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| 522 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 523 |
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| 524 | <varlistentry id="libwiretap">
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| 525 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libwiretap.so</filename></term>
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| 526 | <listitem>
|
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| 527 | <para>is a library being developed as a future replacement for
|
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| 528 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libpcap</filename>, the current
|
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| 529 | standard Unix library for packet capturing. For more information,
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| 530 | see the <filename>README</filename> file in the source
|
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| 531 | <filename class='directory'>wiretap</filename> directory.</para>
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| 532 | <indexterm zone="wireshark libwiretap">
|
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| 533 | <primary sortas="c-libwiretap">libwiretap.so</primary>
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| 534 | </indexterm>
|
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| 535 | </listitem>
|
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| 536 | </varlistentry>
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| 537 |
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| 538 | </variablelist>
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| 539 |
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| 540 | </sect2>
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| 541 |
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| 542 | </sect1>
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