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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY wireshark-download-http "http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/wireshark-&wireshark-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY wireshark-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY wireshark-md5sum "cd7fedd0a67df5ad4905fd356efdc1e8">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY wireshark-size "25 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY wireshark-buildsize "1.1 GB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY wireshark-time "5.4 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="wireshark" xreflabel="Wireshark-&wireshark-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="wireshark.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Wireshark-&wireshark-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="wireshark">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Wireshark">Wireshark</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Wireshark</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>Wireshark</application> package contains a network
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| 33 | protocol analyzer, also known as a <quote>sniffer</quote>. This is useful
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| 34 | for analyzing data captured <quote>off the wire</quote> from a live network
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| 35 | connection, or data read from a capture file.
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| 36 | <application>Wireshark</application> provides both a graphical and a TTY-mode
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| 37 | front-end for examining captured network packets from over 500 protocols,
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| 38 | as well as the capability to read capture files from many other popular
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| 39 | network analyzers.</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs74_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wireshark-download-http;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wireshark-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &wireshark-md5sum;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download size: &wireshark-size;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &wireshark-buildsize;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Estimated build time: &wireshark-time;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | </itemizedlist>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 66 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>
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| 69 | Required patch:
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| 70 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/wireshark-&wireshark-version;-packet_gluster_duplicate_enums_fix-1.patch"/>
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>Additional Documentation:
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| 75 | <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download/docs/"/>
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| 76 | </para>
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| 77 | </listitem>
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| 78 | </itemizedlist>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <para>From this page you can download many different docs in a variety
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| 81 | of formats.</para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Wireshark dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 86 | <para role="required">
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| 87 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> (to build the TTY-mode front-end only)
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| 88 | </para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>Note that if you don't have <application>Gtk+</application>
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| 91 | installed, you will need to pass <option>--disable-wireshark</option>
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| 92 | to the <command>configure</command> command.</para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 95 | <para role="recommended">
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| 96 | <xref linkend="libpcap"/> (required to capture data)
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 100 | <para role="optional">
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| 101 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
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| 102 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> or <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (to build the GUI front-end),
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| 103 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 104 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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| 105 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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| 106 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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| 107 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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| 108 | <ulink url="http://www.portaudio.com/download.html">PortAudio</ulink>,
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| 109 | <ulink url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/c">GeoIP</ulink>,
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| 110 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/adns/adns.html">adns</ulink>, and
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| 111 | <xref linkend="lua"/>
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| 112 | </para>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 115 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/wireshark"/></para>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | </sect2>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="wireshark-kernel">
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| 120 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <para>The kernel must have the Packet protocol enabled for
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| 123 | <application>Wireshark</application> to capture live packets from the
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| 124 | network.</para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <screen><literal>Networking support: Y
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| 127 | Networking options:
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| 128 | Packet: sockets monitoring interface: M or Y</literal></screen>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>If built as a module, the name is
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| 131 | <filename>af_packet.ko</filename>.</para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-kernel">
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| 134 | <primary sortas="d-Capturing-network-packets">Capturing network
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| 135 | packets</primary>
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| 136 | </indexterm>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | </sect2>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 141 | <title>Installation of Wireshark</title>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para>Optionally, fix the description of the program in the title.
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| 144 | The first change overwrites the default "SVN Unknown" in the title
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| 145 | and the secong overwrites a utility script that resets the version
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| 146 | to "unknown".</para>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <screen><userinput>cat > svnversion.h << "EOF"
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| 149 | #define SVNVERSION "BLFS"
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| 150 | #define SVNPATH "source"
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| 151 | EOF
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| 152 |
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| 153 | cat > make-version.pl << "EOF"
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| 154 | #!/usr/bin/perl
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| 155 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <para><application>Wireshark</application> is a very large and complex
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| 158 | application. These instructions provide additional security measures to
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| 159 | ensure that only trusted users are allowed to view network traffic. First,
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| 160 | set up a system group for wireshark. As the <systemitem
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| 161 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 62 wireshark</userinput></screen>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <para>Continue to install <application>Wireshark</application> by running
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| 166 | the following commands:</para>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../wireshark-&wireshark-version;-packet_gluster_duplicate_enums_fix-1.patch &&
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| 169 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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| 170 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 177 |
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| 178 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 179 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark &&
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| 180 |
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| 181 | install -v -m644 README{,.linux} doc/README.* doc/*.{pod,txt} \
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| 182 | /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 183 |
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| 184 | pushd /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version; &&
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| 185 | for FILENAME in ../../wireshark/*.html; do
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| 186 | ln -s -v $FILENAME .
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| 187 | done &&
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| 188 | popd &&
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| 189 |
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| 190 | install -v -m644 -D wireshark.desktop \
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| 191 | /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop &&
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| 192 |
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| 193 | install -v -m644 -D image/wsicon48.png \
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| 194 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark.png &&
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| 195 |
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| 196 | install -v -m644 image/*.{png,ico,xpm,bmp} \
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| 197 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark</userinput></screen>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <para>If you downloaded any of the documentation files from the page
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| 200 | listed in the 'Additional Downloads', install them by issuing the following
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| 201 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 <replaceable><Downloaded_Files></replaceable> /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <para>Now, set ownership and permissions of sensitive applications to
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| 206 | only allow authorized users. As the <systemitem
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| 207 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <screen role="root"><userinput>chown -v root:wireshark /usr/bin/{tshark,dumpcap} &&
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| 210 | chmod -v 6550 /usr/bin/{tshark,dumpcap}</userinput></screen>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <para>Finally, add any users to the wireshark group with <userinput>usermod -a -G
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| 213 | wireshark <username></userinput>.</para>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | </sect2>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 218 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <para><parameter>--enable-threads</parameter>: This parameter enables the
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| 221 | use of threads in <command>wireshark</command>.</para>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <para><option>--with-ssl</option>: This option is required if you
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| 224 | are linking Kerberos libraries into the build so that the
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| 225 | <application>OpenSSL</application>
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| 226 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libcrypto</filename> library is found.</para>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <para><option>--with-python</option>: This option is required if you
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| 229 | want Python bindings built.</para>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | </sect2>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 234 | <title>Configuring Wireshark</title>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <sect3 id="wireshark-config">
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| 237 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <para><filename>/etc/wireshark.conf</filename> and
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| 240 | <filename>~/.wireshark/*</filename></para>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-config">
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| 243 | <primary sortas="e-AA.wireshark-star">~/.wireshark/*</primary>
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| 244 | </indexterm>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-config">
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| 247 | <primary sortas="e-etc-wireshark.conf">/etc/wireshark.conf</primary>
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| 248 | </indexterm>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | </sect3>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <sect3>
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| 253 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <para>Though the default configuration parameters are very sane,
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| 256 | reference the configuration section of the
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| 257 | <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html/">Wireshark User's
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| 258 | Guide</ulink> for configuration information. Most of
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| 259 | <application>Wireshark</application>'s configuration can be accomplished
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| 260 | using the menu options of the <command>wireshark</command>
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| 261 | graphical interface.</para>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <note>
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| 264 | <para>If you want to look at packets, make sure you don't filter
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| 265 | them out with <xref linkend="iptables"/>. If you want to exclude
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| 266 | certain classes of packets, it is more efficient to do it with
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| 267 | <application>iptables</application> than it is with
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| 268 | <application>Wireshark</application>.</para>
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| 269 | </note>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | </sect3>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | </sect2>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 276 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <segmentedlist>
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| 279 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 280 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 281 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <seglistitem>
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| 284 | <seg>capinfos, dftest, dumpcap, editcap, idl2wrs, mergecap, randpkt,
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| 285 | rawshark, text2pcap, tshark, and wireshark</seg>
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| 286 | <seg>libwireshark.so, libwiretap.so, libwsutil.so, and
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| 287 | numerous plugin modules</seg>
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| 288 | <seg>/usr/lib/wireshark, /usr/share/doc/wireshark-&wireshark-version;,
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| 289 | /usr/share/pixmaps/wireshark, and /usr/share/wireshark</seg>
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| 290 | </seglistitem>
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| 291 | </segmentedlist>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <variablelist>
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| 294 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 295 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 296 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <varlistentry id="capinfos">
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| 299 | <term><command>capinfos</command></term>
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| 300 | <listitem>
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| 301 | <para>reads a saved capture file and returns any or all of several
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| 302 | statistics about that file. It is able to detect and read any capture
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| 303 | supported by the <application>Wireshark</application> package.</para>
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| 304 | <indexterm zone="wireshark capinfos">
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| 305 | <primary sortas="b-capinfos">capinfos</primary>
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| 306 | </indexterm>
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| 307 | </listitem>
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| 308 | </varlistentry>
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| 309 |
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| 310 | <varlistentry id="dftest">
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| 311 | <term><command>dftest</command></term>
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| 312 | <listitem>
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| 313 | <para>is a display-filter-compiler test program.</para>
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| 314 | <indexterm zone="wireshark dftest">
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| 315 | <primary sortas="b-dftest">dftest</primary>
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| 316 | </indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <varlistentry id="dumpcap">
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| 321 | <term><command>dumpcap</command></term>
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| 322 | <listitem>
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| 323 | <para>is a network traffic dump tool. It lets you capture packet data
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| 324 | from a live network and write the packets to a file.</para>
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| 325 | <indexterm zone="wireshark dumpcap">
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| 326 | <primary sortas="b-dumpcap">dumpcap</primary>
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| 327 | </indexterm>
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| 328 | </listitem>
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| 329 | </varlistentry>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | <varlistentry id="editcap">
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| 332 | <term><command>editcap</command></term>
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| 333 | <listitem>
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| 334 | <para>edits and/or translates the format of capture files. It knows
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| 335 | how to read <application>libpcap</application> capture files,
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| 336 | including those of <command>tcpdump</command>,
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| 337 | <application>Wireshark</application> and other tools that write
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| 338 | captures in that format.</para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="wireshark editcap">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-editcap">editcap</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="idl2wrs">
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| 346 | <term><command>idl2wrs</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>takes a user specified CORBA
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| 349 | IDL file and generates <quote>C</quote> source code that
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| 350 | can be used to create an <application>Wireshark</application>
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| 351 | plugin.</para>
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| 352 | <indexterm zone="wireshark idl2wrs">
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| 353 | <primary sortas="b-idl2wrs">idl2wrs</primary>
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| 354 | </indexterm>
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| 355 | </listitem>
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| 356 | </varlistentry>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | <varlistentry id="mergecap">
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| 359 | <term><command>mergecap</command></term>
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| 360 | <listitem>
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| 361 | <para>combines multiple saved capture files into a single output
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| 362 | file.</para>
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| 363 | <indexterm zone="wireshark mergecap">
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| 364 | <primary sortas="b-mergecap">mergecap</primary>
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| 365 | </indexterm>
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| 366 | </listitem>
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| 367 | </varlistentry>
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| 368 |
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| 369 | <varlistentry id="randpkt">
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| 370 | <term><command>randpkt</command></term>
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| 371 | <listitem>
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| 372 | <para>creates random-packet capture files.</para>
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| 373 | <indexterm zone="wireshark randpkt">
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| 374 | <primary sortas="b-randpkt">randpkt</primary>
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| 375 | </indexterm>
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| 376 | </listitem>
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| 377 | </varlistentry>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <varlistentry id="rawshark">
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| 380 | <term><command>rawshark</command></term>
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| 381 | <listitem>
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| 382 | <para>dump and analyze raw libpcap data.</para>
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| 383 | <indexterm zone="wireshark rawshark">
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| 384 | <primary sortas="b-rawshark">rawshark</primary>
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| 385 | </indexterm>
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| 386 | </listitem>
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| 387 | </varlistentry>
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| 388 |
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| 389 | <varlistentry id="text2pcap">
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| 390 | <term><command>text2pcap</command></term>
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| 391 | <listitem>
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| 392 | <para>reads in an ASCII hex dump and writes the
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| 393 | data described into a <application>libpcap</application>-style
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| 394 | capture file.</para>
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| 395 | <indexterm zone="wireshark text2pcap">
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| 396 | <primary sortas="b-text2pcap">text2pcap</primary>
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| 397 | </indexterm>
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| 398 | </listitem>
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| 399 | </varlistentry>
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| 400 |
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| 401 | <varlistentry id="tshark">
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| 402 | <term><command>tshark</command></term>
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| 403 | <listitem>
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| 404 | <para>is a TTY-mode network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture
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| 405 | packet data from a live network or read packets from a
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| 406 | previously saved capture file.</para>
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| 407 | <indexterm zone="wireshark tshark">
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| 408 | <primary sortas="b-tshark">tshark</primary>
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| 409 | </indexterm>
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| 410 | </listitem>
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| 411 | </varlistentry>
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| 412 |
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| 413 | <varlistentry id="wireshark-prog">
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| 414 | <term><command>wireshark</command></term>
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| 415 | <listitem>
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| 416 | <para>is a GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you interactively
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| 417 | browse packet data from a live network or from a previously
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| 418 | saved capture file.</para>
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| 419 | <indexterm zone="wireshark wireshark-prog">
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| 420 | <primary sortas="b-wireshark">wireshark</primary>
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| 421 | </indexterm>
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| 422 | </listitem>
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| 423 | </varlistentry>
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| 424 |
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| 425 | <varlistentry id="libwireshark">
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| 426 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libwireshark.so</filename></term>
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| 427 | <listitem>
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| 428 | <para>contains functions used by the
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| 429 | <application>Wireshark</application> programs to perform filtering and
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| 430 | packet capturing.</para>
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| 431 | <indexterm zone="wireshark libwireshark">
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| 432 | <primary sortas="c-libwireshark">libwireshark.so</primary>
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| 433 | </indexterm>
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| 434 | </listitem>
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| 435 | </varlistentry>
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| 436 |
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| 437 | <varlistentry id="libwiretap">
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| 438 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libwiretap.so</filename></term>
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| 439 | <listitem>
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| 440 | <para>is a library being developed as a future replacement for
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| 441 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libpcap</filename>, the current
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| 442 | standard Unix library for packet capturing. For more information,
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| 443 | see the <filename>README</filename> file in the source
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| 444 | <filename class='directory'>wiretap</filename> directory.</para>
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| 445 | <indexterm zone="wireshark libwiretap">
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| 446 | <primary sortas="c-libwiretap">libwiretap.so</primary>
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| 447 | </indexterm>
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| 448 | </listitem>
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| 449 | </varlistentry>
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| 450 |
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| 451 | </variablelist>
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| 452 |
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| 453 | </sect2>
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| 454 |
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| 455 | </sect1>
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