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Re: Sniffer Opinions?
From: black () galaxy silvren com
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:16:42 -0500 (EST)
I've used Etherpeek, and like it. I've done html exports of captures a few times, and that can come in really handy for giving to vendors. The other product I've worked with that most closely matches it would probably be Sniffer Pro. In Etherpeek you can also select only related packets in a session, so for example if your web server had 10 tcp sessions it was serving at the time, you could select which session you wanted to look at. Infinitely handy in separating signal to noise on busy networks. PROS: It's a tight package that works great. No crashing problems. You can create very detailed filters. It's dirt cheap compared to Sniffer Pro. It also comes with some tools such as a ping scanner, service scanner etc, but they are very basic. CONS: Not as complete as Sniffer Pro. Also not as popular as Sniffer Pro, so sending raw capture data is not always an option. No real-time analysis like Sniffer Pro will give you. On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Ames, Neil wrote:
Sniffer gurus, I am about to buy a protocol analyzer. I was very impressed with a brief eval of eEye's "Iris" scanner. Anyone have in-depth experience with it with a strong opinion? I barely got a chance to evaluate it and am still amazed by how much easier it is to use than some other products. It seems infinitely more intuituve and polished than Sniffer Pro 4.5 and Ethereal. Anyone worked on the WildPackets Etherpeek or NX scanner? I am downloading an eval now, but a brief eval isn't like months of relying on in in spot situations. I want a product that will let me identify many protocols, group conversations easily, and provide decent reporting, on Ethernet. I don't know that I can't live without live decoding, but it seems very useful (and cool). I *don't* want a product that requires me to read the manual if I haven't used it in a month. Thank you, Fritz Neil F. "Fritz" Ames Sr. Computer Systems Analyst Anteon Corporation 3211 Jermantown Rd. JLWI / Room 541 Fairfax, VA 22030 Tel (703) 246-0634 names () anteon com _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () nfr com http://list.nfr.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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