Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] ethereal vs Tethereal

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:10:55 -0400
On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 02:43:27PM -0400, patrice lacombe wrote:
> I have been using ethereal for a will as part of the learning process for my students.  Been reading the mailling list for a while too.  A lot of valuable informations, thanks for everything.
> 
> I have one question that might sound stupid, but here I go anyway, what's the diffrence between ethereal and Tethereal?
> 
> Thanks

Run them and see. :-)
Ethereal is the GUI sniffer, while tethereal is the line-mode sniffer. They both
use the same code for protocol analysis, so the decodes you see with one will be
the same as with the other.

--gilbert