Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Portable Ethereal

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:35:09 -0700
Eubanks, Paul wrote:
Lately I�ve been getting into using portable applications. Many open-source programs have had portable versions made (firefox, vlc, open office, etc�).

Err, umm, what does the word "portable" mean in this context?

The meanings I know of are:

1) "portable" in the sense of running on multiple operating systems - Wireshark is already portable in that sense;

2) "portable" in the sense of running on small handheld devices - it doesn't run on Windows CE, although there is a WinPcap for Windows CE linked to from the WinPcap site:

		http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm

(scroll to the bottom), and it might be possible to make it work, and people have, in the past, built versions of Ethereal for the Linux-based Sharp Zaurus:

		http://www.secdev.org/zaurus/zethereal.html

	   with UI changes to make it fit better on a handheld.

It sounds as if you might be using it in a third sense - distributing apps on a CD-ROM in a form that supports running it from the CD-ROM without having to install anything on the machine. Is that the case?
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