Depending on the OS you're using, you should be able to attach to the
loopback device. (Linux, for example, routes -all- communication to any
IP that it has an interface configured for through loopback.) That
should allow you to see that traffic as well.
-Mat Butler
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ethereal-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ethereal-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Robert J. Mirro
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 6:40 AM
> To: 'ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Can I capture internal communication?
>
>
>
>
> Ron Peleg wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to analyse the communication between several
> CORBA components.
> > For convenience, all these components run on the same
> computer. However, the
> > Ethereal tool does not capture packets that are sent within
> the local
> > machine. Is there a way to configure it (or the pcap
> infrastructure) to
> > capture these messages? I am assuming that such
> communication does exist and
> > just isn't captured (I tried a browser/tomcat connection
> just to make sure
> > it isn't some optimization by the ORB I'm using).
> >
>
>
> Hello. I asked almost this exact question last week
> (only it pertained to capturing the conversation between
> a webserver and browser running on the same machine),
> but no one responded.
>
> If you recieve any offline responses, please forward
> them to the list.
>
> Thanks!
>
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