Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] testing with traces

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:42:31 -0500 (CDT)
I'd be happy to host/mirror them on the Ethereal web site as well.  It
might be prudent to contact Network Associates about posting their trace
files publically, however.  Do you know if they are copyrighted?

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, root wrote:

> Hi,
> if you could send me the trace files, I would be very happy to put
> them on a public available server. Perhaps someone of the ethereal
> team could add a link to the ethereal website pointing to the site
> with the trace files?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Martin
> 
> >  I can start by providing the, Trace files demo's that NAI Sniffer has
> > provided in there Sniffer School.  The CD has 277 enc, 93 trc, 31 atc and 39
> > syc traces.  These traces have been arround for a while but they do provide
> > some good protocol and network issues cases.
> >
> > I do have my own private repository of traces that I created/collected
> > through the years from my test lab network and remote sites.
> >
> > I'm attaching a text file that shows the different protocols I have traces
> > for.  I will be happy to share traces that cover these specific protocols.
> > All that I ask is that I can get traces in return for protocols that I don't
> > have.
> >
> > Also, I will not be able to provide traces that have any sensitive data
> > associated with them not unless I modify some of the content data to protect
> > the innocent.
> >
> > I'm willing to work with any single person privately or a more formal
> > structure can be put in place.  This is the first time I've sent email to
> > your users group and I'm not even a member of your group yet.  What would be
> > the next step to take?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Fred Mendez
> > Phone#(209) 845-8348
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: root [mailto:root@xxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:49 AM
> > To: Ronnie Sahlberg
> > Cc: Fred Mendez; ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] testing with traces
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm also looking for example captures to implement new protocols.
> > It'd be a really good idea to collect public captures!
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > That sounds like an excellent idea.
> > > There are already some example capture files on the ethereal website
> > > but way too few.
> > >
> > > Do you volunteer to collect a set of public captures, captures not
> > > containing any sensitive data that can be added to the collection? That
> > > would be a very
> > > valuable addition.
> > >
> > > The captures should only be crated on dedicated test systems not holding
> > > anything
> > > sensitive and the captures might need to be pruned to only display
> > > "interesting"
> > > protocols.
> > >
> > > I think many people would like more CIFS captures, iSCSI, NDMP,
> > > etc etc.
> > >
> > >
> > > Captures showing things like TCP Fast Retransmissions, when after a
> > > retransmission
> > > a TCP switches from SlowStart to CongestionAvoidance etc would be useful.
> > > Even better with a short text pointing to interesting packets and what
> > they
> > > mean.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Fred Mendez"
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:09 AM
> > > Subject: [Ethereal-users] testing with traces
> > >
> > >
> > > > I was wondering if there were anyone out there that is willing to
> > exchange
> > > > traces for testing purposes.  I'm a test engineer that tests an
> > > application
> > > > recognition engine.  So I'm always looking for new protocols to test
> > with.
> > > > I do have a good repository of traces that I'm willing to share.
> > Perhaps
> > > > someone may know of a site that has different examples of protocols or
> > is
> > > > willing to share there traces.   One protocol I will be needing is SIP.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Fred
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> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Paranoia heisst nur die Wirklichkeit realer zu sehen, als andere.
> >
> > Name    : Martin Kluge
> > email   : martin@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Phone   : +49 160 1530201
> > Projects: http://www.aa-security.de
> >
> >
> >
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Paranoia heisst nur die Wirklichkeit realer zu sehen, als andere.
> 
> Name    : Martin Kluge
> email   : martin@xxxxxxxxxx
> Phone   : +49 160 1530201
> Projects: http://www.aa-security.de
> 
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