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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 "https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/wireshark-&wireshark-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY wireshark-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY wireshark-md5sum "93e5fca965b7fcd6642aba1f43b80dcd">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY wireshark-size "31 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY wireshark-buildsize "606 MB (with all optional dependencies available in the BLFS book)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY wireshark-time "2.2 SBU (with parallelism=4 and all optional dependencies available in the BLFS book)">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <!-- Gentler reminder: many Wireshark releases contain vulnerability fixes,
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| 16 | we have not always been aware of these. At https://www.wireshark.org/security/
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| 17 | there is a list of advisories and the version in which they were fixed.
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| 18 |
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| 19 | If you click on an advisory, after the bug number in the References:
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| 20 | there may be a CVE number, although perhaps those get added some time after
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| 21 | the release. Perhaps as a general rule treat ALL their advisories for crashes
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| 22 | etc as worthy of a security fix. -->
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <sect1 id="wireshark" xreflabel="Wireshark-&wireshark-version;">
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| 25 | <?dbhtml filename="wireshark.html"?>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <sect1info>
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| 28 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 29 | </sect1info>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <title>Wireshark-&wireshark-version;</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <indexterm zone="wireshark">
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| 34 | <primary sortas="a-Wireshark">Wireshark</primary>
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| 35 | </indexterm>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 38 | <title>Introduction to Wireshark</title>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>
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| 41 | The <application>Wireshark</application> package contains a network
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| 42 | protocol analyzer, also known as a <quote>sniffer</quote>. This is useful
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| 43 | for analyzing data captured <quote>off the wire</quote> from a live
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| 44 | network connection, or data read from a capture file.
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| 45 | </para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | <application>Wireshark</application> provides both a graphical and a
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| 49 | TTY-mode front-end for examining captured network packets from over 500
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| 50 | protocols, as well as the capability to read capture files from many
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| 51 | other popular network analyzers.
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| 52 | </para>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | &lfs101_checked;
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 57 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wireshark-download-http;"/>
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wireshark-download-ftp;"/>
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Download MD5 sum: &wireshark-md5sum;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>
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| 75 | Download size: &wireshark-size;
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| 76 | </para>
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| 77 | </listitem>
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| 78 | <listitem>
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| 79 | <para>
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| 80 | Estimated disk space required: &wireshark-buildsize;
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 | <listitem>
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| 84 | <para>
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| 85 | Estimated build time: &wireshark-time;
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| 86 | </para>
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| 87 | </listitem>
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| 88 | </itemizedlist>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 91 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 92 | <listitem>
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| 93 | <para>
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| 94 | Additional Documentation:
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| 95 | <ulink url="https://www.wireshark.org/download/docs/"/>
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| 96 | (contains links to several different docs in a variety of formats)
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 | </listitem>
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| 99 | </itemizedlist>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Wireshark dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 104 | <para role="required">
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| 105 | <xref linkend="cmake"/>,
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| 106 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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| 107 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>, and
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| 108 | <xref linkend="qt5"/>
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 112 | <para role="recommended">
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| 113 | <xref linkend="libpcap"/> (required to capture data)
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| 114 | </para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 117 | <para role="optional">
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| 118 | <xref linkend="brotli"/>,
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| 119 | <xref linkend="c-ares"/>,
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| 120 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 121 | <xref linkend="git"/>,
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| 122 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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| 123 | <xref linkend="libnl"/>,
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| 124 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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| 125 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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| 126 | <xref linkend="lua52"/>,
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| 127 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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| 128 | <xref linkend="nghttp2"/>,
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| 129 | <xref linkend="sbc"/>,
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| 130 | <xref linkend="speex"/>,
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| 131 | <ulink url="https://asciidoctor.org/">Asciidoctor</ulink>,
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| 132 | <ulink url="https://www.linphone.org/technical-corner/bcg729">BCG729</ulink>,
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| 133 | <ulink url="https://github.com/TimothyGu/libilbc">libilbc</ulink>,
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| 134 | <ulink url="http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/projects/libsmi/">libsmi</ulink>,
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| 135 | <ulink url="http://lz4.github.io/lz4/">lz4</ulink>,
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| 136 | <ulink url="https://www.libssh.org/">libssh</ulink>,
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| 137 | <ulink url="https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb">MaxMindDB</ulink>,
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| 138 | <ulink url="https://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/minizip.html">Minizip</ulink>,
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| 139 | <ulink url="http://google.github.io/snappy/">Snappy</ulink>, and
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| 140 | <ulink url="https://www.soft-switch.org/">Spandsp</ulink>
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| 141 | </para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 144 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/wireshark"/>
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| 145 | </para>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="wireshark-kernel">
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| 150 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para>
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| 153 | The kernel must have the Packet protocol enabled for <application>
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| 154 | Wireshark</application> to capture live packets from the network:
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| 155 | </para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <screen><literal>[*] Networking support ---> [CONFIG_NET]
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| 158 | Networking options --->
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| 159 | <*/M> Packet socket [CONFIG_PACKET]</literal></screen>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <para>
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| 162 | If built as a module, the name is <filename>af_packet.ko</filename>.
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| 163 | </para>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-kernel">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="d-Capturing-network-packets">
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| 167 | Capturing network packets
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| 168 | </primary>
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| 169 | </indexterm>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | </sect2>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 174 | <title>Installation of Wireshark</title>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <para>
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| 177 | <application>Wireshark</application> is a very large and complex
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| 178 | application. These instructions provide additional security measures to
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| 179 | ensure that only trusted users are allowed to view network traffic. First,
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| 180 | set up a system group for wireshark. As the <systemitem
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| 181 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 182 | </para>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 62 wireshark</userinput></screen>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | Continue to install <application>Wireshark</application> by running
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| 188 | the following commands:
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| 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <screen><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 192 | cd build &&
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| 193 |
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| 194 | cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
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| 195 | -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
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| 196 | -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; \
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| 197 | -G Ninja \
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| 198 | .. &&
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| 199 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 203 | </para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <para>
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| 206 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 207 | </para>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install &&
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| 210 |
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| 211 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 212 | install -v -m644 ../README.linux ../doc/README.* ../doc/{*.pod,randpkt.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 | unset FILENAME</userinput></screen>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <para>
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| 223 | If you downloaded any of the documentation files from the page
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| 224 | listed in the 'Additional Downloads', install them by issuing the
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| 225 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 226 | user:
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| 227 | </para>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <screen role="root"
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| 230 | remap="doc"><userinput>install -v -m644 <replaceable><Downloaded_Files></replaceable> \
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| 231 | /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <para>
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| 234 | Now, set ownership and permissions of sensitive applications to only
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| 235 | allow authorized users. As the <systemitem class="username">root
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| 236 | </systemitem> user:
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| 237 | </para>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <screen role="root"><userinput>chown -v root:wireshark /usr/bin/{tshark,dumpcap} &&
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| 240 | chmod -v 6550 /usr/bin/{tshark,dumpcap}</userinput></screen>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <para>
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| 243 | Finally, add any users to the wireshark group (as <systemitem class=
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| 244 | "username">root</systemitem> user):
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| 245 | </para>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G wireshark <replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <para>
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| 250 | If you are installing wireshark for the first time, it will be necessary
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| 251 | to logout of your session and login again. This will put wireshark in your
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| 252 | groups, because otherwise Wireshark will not function properly.
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| 253 | </para>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | </sect2>
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| 256 | <!--
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| 257 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 258 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <para>
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| 261 | <option>- -disable-wireshark</option>: Use this switch if you
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| 262 | have <application>Qt</application> installed but do not want to build
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| 263 | any of the GUIs.
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| 264 | </para>
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| 265 | </sect2>
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| 266 | -->
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 269 | <title>Configuring Wireshark</title>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <sect3 id="wireshark-config">
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| 272 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <para>
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| 275 | <filename>/etc/wireshark.conf</filename> and
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| 276 | <filename>~/.config/wireshark/*</filename> (unless there is already
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| 277 | <filename>~/.wireshark/*</filename> in the system)
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| 278 | </para>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-config">
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| 281 | <primary sortas="e-AA.wireshark-star">~/.wireshark/*</primary>
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| 282 | </indexterm>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-config">
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| 285 | <primary sortas="e-etc-wireshark.conf">/etc/wireshark.conf</primary>
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| 286 | </indexterm>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | </sect3>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <sect3>
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| 291 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <para>
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| 294 | Though the default configuration parameters are very sane, reference
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| 295 | the configuration section of the <ulink url=
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| 296 | "http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html/">Wireshark User's Guide
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| 297 | </ulink> for configuration information. Most of <application>Wireshark
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| 298 | </application>'s configuration can be accomplished
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| 299 | using the menu options of the <command>wireshark</command> graphical
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| 300 | interfaces.
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| 301 | </para>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <note>
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| 304 | <para>
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| 305 | If you want to look at packets, make sure you don't filter them
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| 306 | out with <xref linkend="iptables"/>. If you want to exclude certain
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| 307 | classes of packets, it is more efficient to do it with
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| 308 | <application>iptables</application> than it is with
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| 309 | <application>Wireshark</application>.
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| 310 | </para>
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| 311 | </note>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | </sect3>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | </sect2>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 318 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <segmentedlist>
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| 321 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 322 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 323 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <seglistitem>
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| 326 | <seg>
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| 327 | capinfos, captype, dumpcap, editcap, idl2wrs,
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| 328 | mergecap, randpkt, rawshark, reordercap, sharkd,
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| 329 | text2pcap, tshark, and wireshark
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| 330 | </seg>
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| 331 | <seg>
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| 332 | libwireshark.so, libwiretap.so,
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| 333 | libwsutil.so, and numerous modules under /usr/lib/wireshark/plugins
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| 334 | </seg>
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| 335 | <seg>
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| 336 | /usr/{include,lib,share}/wireshark and
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| 337 | /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version;
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| 338 | </seg>
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| 339 | </seglistitem>
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| 340 | </segmentedlist>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | <variablelist>
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| 343 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 344 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 345 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <varlistentry id="capinfos">
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| 348 | <term><command>capinfos</command></term>
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| 349 | <listitem>
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| 350 | <para>
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| 351 | reads a saved capture file and returns any or all of several
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| 352 | statistics about that file. It is able to detect and read any
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| 353 | capture supported by the <application>Wireshark</application>
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| 354 | package
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| 355 | </para>
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| 356 | <indexterm zone="wireshark capinfos">
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| 357 | <primary sortas="b-capinfos">capinfos</primary>
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| 358 | </indexterm>
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| 359 | </listitem>
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| 360 | </varlistentry>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <varlistentry id="captype">
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| 363 | <term><command>captype</command></term>
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| 364 | <listitem>
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| 365 | <para>
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| 366 | prints the file types of capture files
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| 367 | </para>
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| 368 | <indexterm zone="wireshark captype">
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| 369 | <primary sortas="b-captype">captype</primary>
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| 370 | </indexterm>
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| 371 | </listitem>
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| 372 | </varlistentry>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <varlistentry id="dumpcap">
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| 375 | <term><command>dumpcap</command></term>
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| 376 | <listitem>
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| 377 | <para>
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| 378 | is a network traffic dump tool. It lets you capture packet data
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| 379 | from a live network and write the packets to a file
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| 380 | </para>
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| 381 | <indexterm zone="wireshark dumpcap">
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| 382 | <primary sortas="b-dumpcap">dumpcap</primary>
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| 383 | </indexterm>
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| 384 | </listitem>
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| 385 | </varlistentry>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | <varlistentry id="editcap">
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| 388 | <term><command>editcap</command></term>
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| 389 | <listitem>
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| 390 | <para>
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| 391 | edits and/or translates the format of capture files. It knows
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| 392 | how to read <application>libpcap</application> capture files,
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| 393 | including those of <command>tcpdump</command>,
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| 394 | <application>Wireshark</application> and other tools that write
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| 395 | captures in that format
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| 396 | </para>
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| 397 | <indexterm zone="wireshark editcap">
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| 398 | <primary sortas="b-editcap">editcap</primary>
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| 399 | </indexterm>
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| 400 | </listitem>
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| 401 | </varlistentry>
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| 402 |
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| 403 | <varlistentry id="idl2wrs">
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| 404 | <term><command>idl2wrs</command></term>
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| 405 | <listitem>
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| 406 | <para>
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| 407 | is a program that takes a user specified CORBA IDL file and
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| 408 | generates <quote>C</quote> source code for a
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| 409 | <application>Wireshark</application> <quote>plugin</quote>. It
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| 410 | relies on two Python programs <command>wireshark_be.py</command>
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| 411 | and <command>wireshark_gen.py</command>, which are not installed
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| 412 | by default. They have to be copied manually from the
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| 413 | <filename class="directory">tools</filename> directory to the
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| 414 | <filename class="directory">$PYTHONPATH/site-packages/</filename>
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| 415 | directory
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| 416 | </para>
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| 417 | <indexterm zone="wireshark idl2wrs">
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| 418 | <primary sortas="b-idl2wrs">idl2wrs</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>
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| 427 | combines multiple saved capture files into a single output file
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| 428 | </para>
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| 429 | <indexterm zone="wireshark mergecap">
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| 430 | <primary sortas="b-mergecap">mergecap</primary>
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| 431 | </indexterm>
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| 432 | </listitem>
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| 433 | </varlistentry>
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| 434 |
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| 435 | <varlistentry id="randpkt">
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| 436 | <term><command>randpkt</command></term>
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| 437 | <listitem>
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| 438 | <para>
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| 439 | creates random-packet capture files
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| 440 | </para>
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| 441 | <indexterm zone="wireshark randpkt">
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| 442 | <primary sortas="b-randpkt">randpkt</primary>
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| 443 | </indexterm>
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| 444 | </listitem>
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| 445 | </varlistentry>
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| 446 |
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| 447 | <varlistentry id="rawshark">
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| 448 | <term><command>rawshark</command></term>
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| 449 | <listitem>
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| 450 | <para>
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| 451 | dumps and analyzes raw libpcap data
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| 452 | </para>
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| 453 | <indexterm zone="wireshark rawshark">
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| 454 | <primary sortas="b-rawshark">rawshark</primary>
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| 455 | </indexterm>
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| 456 | </listitem>
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| 457 | </varlistentry>
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| 458 |
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| 459 | <varlistentry id="reordercap">
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| 460 | <term><command>reordercap</command></term>
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| 461 | <listitem>
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| 462 | <para>
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| 463 | reorders timestamps of input file frames into an output file
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| 464 | </para>
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| 465 | <indexterm zone="wireshark reordercap">
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| 466 | <primary sortas="b-reordercap">reordercap</primary>
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| 467 | </indexterm>
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| 468 | </listitem>
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| 469 | </varlistentry>
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| 470 |
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| 471 | <varlistentry id="sharkd">
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| 472 | <term><command>sharkd</command></term>
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| 473 | <listitem>
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| 474 | <para>
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| 475 | is a daemon that listens on UNIX sockets
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| 476 | </para>
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| 477 | <indexterm zone="wireshark sharkd">
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| 478 | <primary sortas="b-sharkd">sharkd</primary>
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| 479 | </indexterm>
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| 480 | </listitem>
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| 481 | </varlistentry>
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| 482 |
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| 483 | <varlistentry id="text2pcap">
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| 484 | <term><command>text2pcap</command></term>
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| 485 | <listitem>
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| 486 | <para>
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| 487 | reads in an ASCII hex dump and writes the data described into a
|
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| 488 | <application>libpcap</application>-style capture file
|
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| 489 | </para>
|
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| 490 | <indexterm zone="wireshark text2pcap">
|
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| 491 | <primary sortas="b-text2pcap">text2pcap</primary>
|
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| 492 | </indexterm>
|
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| 493 | </listitem>
|
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| 494 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 495 |
|
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| 496 | <varlistentry id="tshark">
|
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| 497 | <term><command>tshark</command></term>
|
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| 498 | <listitem>
|
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| 499 | <para>
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| 500 | is a TTY-mode network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture
|
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| 501 | packet data from a live network or read packets from a
|
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| 502 | previously saved capture file
|
|---|
| 503 | </para>
|
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| 504 | <indexterm zone="wireshark tshark">
|
|---|
| 505 | <primary sortas="b-tshark">tshark</primary>
|
|---|
| 506 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 507 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 508 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 509 |
|
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| 510 | <varlistentry id="wireshark-prog">
|
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| 511 | <term><command>wireshark</command></term>
|
|---|
| 512 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 513 | <para>
|
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| 514 | is the Qt GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you interactively
|
|---|
| 515 | browse packet data from a live network or from a previously saved
|
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| 516 | capture file
|
|---|
| 517 | </para>
|
|---|
| 518 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-prog">
|
|---|
| 519 | <primary sortas="b-wireshark">wireshark</primary>
|
|---|
| 520 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 521 | </listitem>
|
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| 522 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 523 | <!-- seems to have disappeared
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| 524 | <varlistentry id="wireshark-gtk-prog">
|
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| 525 | <term><command>wireshark-gtk</command></term>
|
|---|
| 526 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 527 | <para>
|
|---|
| 528 | is the Gtk+ GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you interactively
|
|---|
| 529 | browse packet data from a live network or from a previously saved
|
|---|
| 530 | capture file (optional).
|
|---|
| 531 | </para>
|
|---|
| 532 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-gtk-prog">
|
|---|
| 533 | <primary sortas="b-wireshark-gtk">wireshark-gtk</primary>
|
|---|
| 534 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 535 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 536 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 537 | -->
|
|---|
| 538 | <varlistentry id="libwireshark">
|
|---|
| 539 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libwireshark.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 540 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 541 | <para>
|
|---|
| 542 | contains functions used by the <application>Wireshark</application>
|
|---|
| 543 | programs to perform filtering and packet capturing
|
|---|
| 544 | </para>
|
|---|
| 545 | <indexterm zone="wireshark libwireshark">
|
|---|
| 546 | <primary sortas="c-libwireshark">libwireshark.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 547 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 548 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 549 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 550 |
|
|---|
| 551 | <varlistentry id="libwiretap">
|
|---|
| 552 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libwiretap.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 553 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 554 | <para>
|
|---|
| 555 | is a library being developed as a future replacement for
|
|---|
| 556 | <filename class="libraryfile">libpcap</filename>, the current
|
|---|
| 557 | standard Unix library for packet capturing. For more information,
|
|---|
| 558 | see the <filename>README</filename> file in the source
|
|---|
| 559 | <filename class="directory">wiretap</filename> directory
|
|---|
| 560 | </para>
|
|---|
| 561 | <indexterm zone="wireshark libwiretap">
|
|---|
| 562 | <primary sortas="c-libwiretap">libwiretap.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 563 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 564 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 565 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 566 |
|
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| 567 | </variablelist>
|
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| 568 |
|
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| 569 | </sect2>
|
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| 570 |
|
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| 571 | </sect1>
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