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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.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY wireshark-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/wireshark/src/wireshark-&wireshark-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY wireshark-md5sum "c8ae53f648b1dcbf6e74495401a0f1ab">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY wireshark-size "28 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY wireshark-buildsize "1.6 GB, with the Qt GUI">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY wireshark-time "6.2 SBU, with the Qt GUI">
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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>
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| 33 | The <application>Wireshark</application> package contains a network
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| 34 | protocol analyzer, also known as a <quote>sniffer</quote>. This is useful
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| 35 | for analyzing data captured <quote>off the wire</quote> from a live
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| 36 | network connection, or data read from a capture file.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para>
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| 40 | <application>Wireshark</application> provides both a graphical and a
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| 41 | TTY-mode front-end for examining captured network packets from over 500
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| 42 | protocols, as well as the capability to read capture files from many
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| 43 | other popular network analyzers.
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| 44 | </para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 49 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wireshark-download-http;"/></para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wireshark-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &wireshark-md5sum;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Download size: &wireshark-size;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &wireshark-buildsize;</para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>Estimated build time: &wireshark-time;</para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | </itemizedlist>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 71 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 72 | <listitem>
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| 73 | <para>
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| 74 | Optional patch:
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| 75 | <ulink url=
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| 76 | "&patch-root;/wireshark-&wireshark-version;-lua_5_3_0-1.patch"/>
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| 77 | (allows building the LUA bindings if <xref linkend="lua"/> is
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| 78 | installed and LUA is not disabled by passing <option>--without-lua
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| 79 | </option> to <command>configure</command>)
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| 80 | </para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 | <listitem>
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| 83 | <para>
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| 84 | Additional Documentation:
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| 85 | <ulink url="https://www.wireshark.org/download/docs/"/>
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| 86 | (contains links to several different docs in a variety of formats)
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| 87 | </para>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | </itemizedlist>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Wireshark dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 94 | <para role="required">
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| 95 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>
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| 96 | </para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 99 | <para role="recommended">
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| 100 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (to build the <application>Gtk+3</application>
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| 101 | GUI) and
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| 102 | <xref linkend="libpcap"/> (required to capture data)
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| 103 | </para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 106 | <para role="optional">
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| 107 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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| 108 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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| 109 | <xref linkend="lua"/>,
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| 110 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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| 111 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 112 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/adns/adns.html">adns</ulink>,
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| 113 | <ulink url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/c">GeoIP</ulink>, and
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| 114 | <ulink url="http://www.portaudio.com/download.html">PortAudio</ulink>
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| 115 | </para>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to build more GUI front-ends)
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| 118 | </bridgehead>
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| 119 | <para role="optional">
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| 120 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 121 | <xref linkend="qt4"/>, or
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| 122 | <xref linkend="qt5"/>
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <note>
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | The <application>GTK+</application> GUI needs one of <xref linkend=
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| 128 | "gtk2"/> or <xref linkend="gtk3"/>. If both are installed, GTK+3
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| 129 | is used by default.
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| 130 | </para>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <para>
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| 133 | The <application>Qt</application> GUI needs one of <xref linkend=
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| 134 | "qt4"/> or <xref linkend="qt5"/>. If both are installed, Qt5
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| 135 | is used by default.
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| 136 | </para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <para>
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| 139 | Both GTK+ and Qt GUI can be built at the same time. If you want to
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| 140 | override the defaults, some configure switches have to be set
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| 141 | (see <quote>Command Explanations</quote>) or some special instructions
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| 142 | have to be issued (see below) when both Qt4 and Qt5 are installed and
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| 143 | you want to use Qt4. SBU and disk space required are larger for the
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| 144 | Qt GUI. The instructions below suppose you only want to build the
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| 145 | GTK+3 GUI.
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| 146 | </para>
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| 147 | </note>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 150 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/wireshark"/>
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| 151 | </para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | </sect2>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="wireshark-kernel">
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| 156 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <para>
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| 159 | The kernel must have the Packet protocol enabled for <application>
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| 160 | Wireshark</application> to capture live packets from the network:
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| 161 | </para>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <screen><literal>[*] Networking support ---> [CONFIG_NET]
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| 164 | Networking options --->
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| 165 | <*/M> Packet socket [CONFIG_PACKET]</literal></screen>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para>
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| 168 | If built as a module, the name is <filename>af_packet.ko</filename>.
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| 169 | </para>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-kernel">
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| 172 | <primary sortas="d-Capturing-network-packets">
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| 173 | Capturing network packets
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| 174 | </primary>
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| 175 | </indexterm>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | </sect2>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 180 | <title>Installation of Wireshark</title>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <para>
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| 183 | Optionally, fix the description of the program in the title.
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| 184 | The first change overwrites the default <quote>SVN Unknown</quote> in
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| 185 | the title and the second overwrites a utility script that resets the
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| 186 | version to <quote>unknown</quote>.
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| 187 | </para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <screen><userinput>cat > svnversion.h << "EOF" &&
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| 190 | #define SVNVERSION "BLFS"
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| 191 | #define SVNPATH "source"
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| 192 | EOF
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| 193 |
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| 194 | cat > make-version.pl << "EOF"
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| 195 | <literal>#!/usr/bin/perl</literal>
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| 196 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <para>
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| 199 | <application>Wireshark</application> is a very large and complex
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| 200 | application. These instructions provide additional security measures to
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| 201 | ensure that only trusted users are allowed to view network traffic. First,
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| 202 | set up a system group for wireshark. As the <systemitem
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| 203 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 204 | </para>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 62 wireshark</userinput></screen>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <para>
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| 209 | If you want to build the Qt GUI (see <quote>Command Explanations</quote>),
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| 210 | for the <application>Qt5</application> GUI, issue:
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| 211 | </para>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <screen><userinput>source setqt5 &&
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| 214 |
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| 215 | sed -e 's/"-fPIE"/""/' \
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| 216 | -e 's/"-pie"/""/' \
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| 217 | -i configure</userinput></screen>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <para>
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| 220 | and add <envar>CXXFLAGS="-fPIC"</envar> to the configure line, or, for the <application>Qt4</application> GUI, issue:
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| 221 | </para>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <screen><userinput>source setqt4 &&
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| 224 | sed -i 's/Qt5 Qt/Qt/' configure</userinput></screen>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <para>
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| 227 | Continue to install <application>Wireshark</application> by running
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| 228 | the following commands:
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| 229 | </para>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../wireshark-&wireshark-version;-lua_5_3_0-1.patch &&
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| 232 |
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| 233 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 234 | --with-gtk3 \
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| 235 | --without-qt \
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| 236 | --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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| 237 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <para>
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| 240 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 241 | </para>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <para>
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| 244 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 245 | </para>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 248 |
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| 249 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 250 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark &&
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| 251 |
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| 252 | install -v -m644 README{,.linux} doc/README.* doc/*.{pod,txt} \
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| 253 | /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 254 |
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| 255 | pushd /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 256 | for FILENAME in ../../wireshark/*.html; do
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| 257 | ln -s -v -f $FILENAME .
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| 258 | done &&
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| 259 | popd &&
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| 260 | unset FILENAME
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| 261 |
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| 262 | install -v -m644 -D wireshark.desktop \
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| 263 | /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop &&
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| 264 |
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| 265 | install -v -m644 -D image/wsicon48.png \
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| 266 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark.png &&
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| 267 |
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| 268 | install -v -m644 image/*.{png,ico,xpm,bmp} \
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| 269 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark</userinput></screen>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <para>
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| 272 | If you downloaded any of the documentation files from the page
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| 273 | listed in the 'Additional Downloads', install them by issuing the
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| 274 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 275 | user:
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| 276 | </para>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 <replaceable><Downloaded_Files></replaceable> \
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| 279 | /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <para>
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| 282 | Now, set ownership and permissions of sensitive applications to only
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| 283 | allow authorized users. As the <systemitem class="username">root
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| 284 | </systemitem> user:
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| 285 | </para>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <screen role="root"><userinput>chown -v root:wireshark /usr/bin/{tshark,dumpcap} &&
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| 288 | chmod -v 6550 /usr/bin/{tshark,dumpcap}</userinput></screen>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <para>
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| 291 | Finally, add any users to the wireshark group (as <systemitem class=
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| 292 | "username">root</systemitem> user):
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| 293 | </para>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G wireshark <username></userinput></screen>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | </sect2>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 300 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <para>
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| 303 | <command>sed -e 's/"-fPIE"/""/' ... configure</command>: This command is
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| 304 | required for Qt-5.5, because it is necessary to compile with
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| 305 | <envar>CXXFLAGS="-fPIC"</envar>.
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| 306 | </para>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <para>
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| 309 | <command>sed -i 's/Qt5 Qt/Qt/' ...</command>: This command is required
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| 310 | because, without it, libraries and includes from
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| 311 | <application>Qt5</application> are found and used first, if both versions
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| 312 | are installed, when trying to build with <application>Qt4</application>,
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| 313 | and <command>make</command> does not complete.
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| 314 | </para>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <para>
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| 317 | <parameter>--with-gtk3</parameter>: By default, the build machinery
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| 318 | will build a GUI for both Qt and GTK+, if those libraries are found.
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| 319 | If Qt is installed and you do not want the GUI for it to be built,
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| 320 | you need to pass <parameter>--without-qt</parameter> to the configure
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| 321 | script. That overrides the default, so that you must specify
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| 322 | <parameter>--with-gtk3</parameter> or <parameter>--with-gtk2</parameter>
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| 323 | in order to have the GTK+ GUI built.
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| 324 | </para>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <para>
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| 327 | <parameter>--without-qt</parameter>: disables building of the Qt GUI.
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| 328 | </para>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <para>
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| 331 | <option>--disable-wireshark</option>: Use this switch if you
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| 332 | have <application>GTK+</application> installed but do not want to build
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| 333 | any of the GUIs.
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| 334 | </para>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | <para>
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| 337 | <option>--with-gtk2</option>: Use this option if you want
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| 338 | the <application>GTK+2</application> GUI.
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| 339 | Notice that the GUI for only one GTK+ version (either 2 or 3) can be
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| 340 | built.
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| 341 | </para>
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| 342 |
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| 343 | </sect2>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 346 | <title>Configuring Wireshark</title>
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| 347 |
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| 348 | <sect3 id="wireshark-config">
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| 349 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 350 |
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| 351 | <para><filename>/etc/wireshark.conf</filename> and
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| 352 | <filename>~/.wireshark/*</filename></para>
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| 353 |
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| 354 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-config">
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| 355 | <primary sortas="e-AA.wireshark-star">~/.wireshark/*</primary>
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| 356 | </indexterm>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-config">
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| 359 | <primary sortas="e-etc-wireshark.conf">/etc/wireshark.conf</primary>
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| 360 | </indexterm>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | </sect3>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | <sect3>
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| 365 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | <para>Though the default configuration parameters are very sane,
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| 368 | reference the configuration section of the
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| 369 | <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html/">Wireshark User's
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| 370 | Guide</ulink> for configuration information. Most of
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| 371 | <application>Wireshark</application>'s configuration can be accomplished
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| 372 | using the menu options of the <command>wireshark</command>
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| 373 | graphical interfaces.</para>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | </sect3>
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| 376 |
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| 377 | <sect3>
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| 378 | <title>Desktop file for the Qt GUI</title>
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| 379 |
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| 380 | <para>If Qt GUI was built and you wish an entry in the desktop menu,
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| 381 | there are two possibilities (instructions must be run as root).</para>
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| 382 |
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| 383 | <para>If only the Qt GUI was built:</para>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv -v /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop \
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| 386 | /usr/share/applications/wireshark-qt.desktop</userinput></screen>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <para>If both, GTK+ and Qt GUIs were built:</para>
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| 389 |
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| 390 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop \
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| 391 | /usr/share/applications/wireshark-qt.desktop</userinput></screen>
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| 392 |
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| 393 | <para>Now, fix it for <command>wireshark-qt</command>:</para>
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| 394 |
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| 395 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e 's/ireshark/&-qt/' \
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| 396 | -e 's/^\(Icon=wireshark\)-qt/\1/' \
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| 397 | -i /usr/share/applications/wireshark-qt.desktop</userinput></screen>
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| 398 |
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| 399 | <note>
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| 400 | <para>If you want to look at packets, make sure you don't filter
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| 401 | them out with <xref linkend="iptables"/>. If you want to exclude
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| 402 | certain classes of packets, it is more efficient to do it with
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| 403 | <application>iptables</application> than it is with
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| 404 | <application>Wireshark</application>.</para>
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| 405 | </note>
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| 406 |
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| 407 | </sect3>
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| 408 |
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| 409 | </sect2>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 412 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 413 |
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| 414 | <segmentedlist>
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| 415 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 416 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 417 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 418 |
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| 419 | <seglistitem>
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| 420 | <seg>capinfos, captype, dftest, dumpcap, editcap, mergecap, randpkt,
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| 421 | rawshark, reordercap, text2pcap, tshark,
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| 422 | wireshark, and optionally wireshark-qt</seg>
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| 423 | <seg>libfiletap.so, libwireshark.so, libwiretap.so, libwsutil.so, and
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| 424 | numerous modules under /usr/lib/wireshark/plugins</seg>
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| 425 | <seg>/usr/lib/wireshark, /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version;,
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| 426 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark, and /usr/share/wireshark</seg>
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| 427 | </seglistitem>
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| 428 | </segmentedlist>
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| 429 |
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| 430 | <variablelist>
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| 431 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 432 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 433 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 434 |
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| 435 | <varlistentry id="capinfos">
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| 436 | <term><command>capinfos</command></term>
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| 437 | <listitem>
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| 438 | <para>reads a saved capture file and returns any or all of several
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| 439 | statistics about that file. It is able to detect and read any capture
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| 440 | supported by the <application>Wireshark</application> package.</para>
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| 441 | <indexterm zone="wireshark capinfos">
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| 442 | <primary sortas="b-capinfos">capinfos</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="captype">
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| 448 | <term><command>captype</command></term>
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| 449 | <listitem>
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| 450 | <para>prints the file types of capture files.</para>
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| 451 | <indexterm zone="wireshark captype">
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| 452 | <primary sortas="b-captype">captype</primary>
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| 453 | </indexterm>
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| 454 | </listitem>
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| 455 | </varlistentry>
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| 456 |
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| 457 | <varlistentry id="dftest">
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| 458 | <term><command>dftest</command></term>
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| 459 | <listitem>
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| 460 | <para>is a display-filter-compiler test program.</para>
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| 461 | <indexterm zone="wireshark dftest">
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| 462 | <primary sortas="b-dftest">dftest</primary>
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| 463 | </indexterm>
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| 464 | </listitem>
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| 465 | </varlistentry>
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| 466 |
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| 467 | <varlistentry id="dumpcap">
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| 468 | <term><command>dumpcap</command></term>
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| 469 | <listitem>
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| 470 | <para>is a network traffic dump tool. It lets you capture packet data
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| 471 | from a live network and write the packets to a file.</para>
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| 472 | <indexterm zone="wireshark dumpcap">
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| 473 | <primary sortas="b-dumpcap">dumpcap</primary>
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| 474 | </indexterm>
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| 475 | </listitem>
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| 476 | </varlistentry>
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| 477 |
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| 478 | <varlistentry id="editcap">
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| 479 | <term><command>editcap</command></term>
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| 480 | <listitem>
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| 481 | <para>edits and/or translates the format of capture files. It knows
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| 482 | how to read <application>libpcap</application> capture files,
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| 483 | including those of <command>tcpdump</command>,
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| 484 | <application>Wireshark</application> and other tools that write
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| 485 | captures in that format.</para>
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| 486 | <indexterm zone="wireshark editcap">
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| 487 | <primary sortas="b-editcap">editcap</primary>
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| 488 | </indexterm>
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| 489 | </listitem>
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| 490 | </varlistentry>
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| 491 |
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| 492 | <varlistentry id="mergecap">
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| 493 | <term><command>mergecap</command></term>
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| 494 | <listitem>
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| 495 | <para>combines multiple saved capture files into a single output
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| 496 | file.</para>
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| 497 | <indexterm zone="wireshark mergecap">
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| 498 | <primary sortas="b-mergecap">mergecap</primary>
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| 499 | </indexterm>
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| 500 | </listitem>
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| 501 | </varlistentry>
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| 502 |
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| 503 | <varlistentry id="randpkt">
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| 504 | <term><command>randpkt</command></term>
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| 505 | <listitem>
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| 506 | <para>creates random-packet capture files.</para>
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| 507 | <indexterm zone="wireshark randpkt">
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| 508 | <primary sortas="b-randpkt">randpkt</primary>
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| 509 | </indexterm>
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| 510 | </listitem>
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| 511 | </varlistentry>
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| 512 |
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| 513 | <varlistentry id="rawshark">
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| 514 | <term><command>rawshark</command></term>
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| 515 | <listitem>
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| 516 | <para>dump and analyze raw libpcap data.</para>
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| 517 | <indexterm zone="wireshark rawshark">
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| 518 | <primary sortas="b-rawshark">rawshark</primary>
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| 519 | </indexterm>
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| 520 | </listitem>
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| 521 | </varlistentry>
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| 522 |
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| 523 | <varlistentry id="reordercap">
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| 524 | <term><command>reordercap</command></term>
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| 525 | <listitem>
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| 526 | <para>reorder timestamps of input file frames into output file.</para>
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| 527 | <indexterm zone="wireshark reordercap">
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| 528 | <primary sortas="b-reordercap">reordercap</primary>
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| 529 | </indexterm>
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| 530 | </listitem>
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| 531 | </varlistentry>
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| 532 |
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| 533 | <varlistentry id="text2pcap">
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| 534 | <term><command>text2pcap</command></term>
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| 535 | <listitem>
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| 536 | <para>reads in an ASCII hex dump and writes the
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| 537 | data described into a <application>libpcap</application>-style
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| 538 | capture file.</para>
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| 539 | <indexterm zone="wireshark text2pcap">
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| 540 | <primary sortas="b-text2pcap">text2pcap</primary>
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| 541 | </indexterm>
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| 542 | </listitem>
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| 543 | </varlistentry>
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| 544 |
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| 545 | <varlistentry id="tshark">
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| 546 | <term><command>tshark</command></term>
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| 547 | <listitem>
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| 548 | <para>is a TTY-mode network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture
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| 549 | packet data from a live network or read packets from a
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| 550 | previously saved capture file.</para>
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| 551 | <indexterm zone="wireshark tshark">
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| 552 | <primary sortas="b-tshark">tshark</primary>
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| 553 | </indexterm>
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| 554 | </listitem>
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| 555 | </varlistentry>
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| 556 |
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| 557 | <varlistentry id="wireshark-prog">
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| 558 | <term><command>wireshark</command></term>
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| 559 | <listitem>
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| 560 | <para>is the GTK+ GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you
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| 561 | interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a
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| 562 | previously saved capture file.</para>
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| 563 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-prog">
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| 564 | <primary sortas="b-wireshark">wireshark</primary>
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| 565 | </indexterm>
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| 566 | </listitem>
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| 567 | </varlistentry>
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| 568 |
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| 569 | <varlistentry id="wireshark-qt-prog">
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| 570 | <term><command>wireshark-qt</command></term>
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| 571 | <listitem>
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| 572 | <para>is the Qt GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you
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| 573 | interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a
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| 574 | previously saved capture file.</para>
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| 575 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-qt-prog">
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| 576 | <primary sortas="b-wireshark-qt">wireshark-qt</primary>
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| 577 | </indexterm>
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| 578 | </listitem>
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| 579 | </varlistentry>
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| 580 |
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| 581 | <varlistentry id="libwireshark">
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| 582 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libwireshark.so</filename></term>
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| 583 | <listitem>
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| 584 | <para>contains functions used by the
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| 585 | <application>Wireshark</application> programs to perform filtering and
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| 586 | packet capturing.</para>
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| 587 | <indexterm zone="wireshark libwireshark">
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| 588 | <primary sortas="c-libwireshark">libwireshark.so</primary>
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| 589 | </indexterm>
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| 590 | </listitem>
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| 591 | </varlistentry>
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| 592 |
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| 593 | <varlistentry id="libwiretap">
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| 594 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libwiretap.so</filename></term>
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| 595 | <listitem>
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| 596 | <para>is a library being developed as a future replacement for
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| 597 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libpcap</filename>, the current
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| 598 | standard Unix library for packet capturing. For more information,
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| 599 | see the <filename>README</filename> file in the source
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| 600 | <filename class='directory'>wiretap</filename> directory.</para>
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| 601 | <indexterm zone="wireshark libwiretap">
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| 602 | <primary sortas="c-libwiretap">libwiretap.so</primary>
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| 603 | </indexterm>
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| 604 | </listitem>
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| 605 | </varlistentry>
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| 606 |
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| 607 | </variablelist>
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| 608 |
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| 609 | </sect2>
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| 610 |
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| 611 | </sect1>
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