[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is there a way that ethereal can search through captured data for a text
> string?

No.  Nobody's implemented such a mechanism.

> I used xbed(a binary editor) to search the captured data, and while this
> works, I get lost in a sea of data. Is there a better alternative? The only
> other alternative I could think of was to export the file in sniffer
> format, and search for it on a PC running sniffer, but I'ld prefer to stick
> to ethereal if possible.

How does the Sniffer "search for text" feature work?  Send a description
to the list; somebody might, at some point, implement it.