Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] What is tethereal?

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 05:08:04 -0700
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 01:50:14PM +0200, emu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Some of you are taking alot about tethereal, but what is it ?
> A command line sniffer ?

Yes.

It uses the same dissector modules as Ethereal, but it can:

	capture traffic and print to the standard output the dissected
	packets - either the summary line (like the first pane in
	Ethereal) or the detailed dissection (like the second pane in
	Ethereal);

	capture traffic and save it to a file;

	read a capture file and print to the standard output the
	dissected packets.