["Visser, Martin (Sydney)" <martin.visser@xxxxxx>]

Title: Message

Mike,

 

 

I was hoping to be able to do tethereal -z proto,colinfo,tcp.data,tcp.data but unfortunately the tcp dissector doesn't allow you to filter on that field (a prerequisite for the -z proto function to work). So tcp.data doesn't exist as a field per se.

 

On closer inspection it seems that -V won't work for you with the current Tethereal. If there is a higher layer protocol on top of TCP detected it will be decoded, eg HTTP, -V then will show the HTTP decode, but not the TCP data. (Ethereal can turn off protocol decodes but tethereal can't AFAIK)

 

In that case, I can only suggest :-

 

1. Configure Ethereal to only decode TCP (disabling other protocols)

2. Use "print to text" to dump the decode.

3. Use a Perl Script  (or such) to find the TCP data field and munge it into the format you want (hex, ascii or otherwise)

 

BTW There was a script running around the used the -x function to munge together the full packet contents. This is useful for searching for a string and such.

 Martin

Martin Visser ,CISSP
Network and Security Consultant
Technology & Infrastructure - Consulting & Integration
HP Services

3 Richardson Place
North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Blake-Knox [mailto:MBlake-Knox@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2003 1:08 AM
To: Visser, Martin (Sydney); ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Ethereal-users] How to use tethereal to display TCP data?

That prints the entire protocol tree which is much more than I want.

 

Does the data/payload of a TCP message have a field name? It's not shown among the list of field names for TCP.

 

Thanks.

 

 

Mike Blake-Knox

email: MBlake-Knox@xxxxxxxxxxxx

TSYS Office: (706) 644-3643

cellphone: (919) 280-4436

-----Original Message-----
From: Visser, Martin (Sydney) [mailto:martin.visser@xxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:09 PM
To: Mike Blake-Knox; ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Ethereal-users] How to use tethereal to display TCP data?

Try using "tethereal -V"

Martin Visser ,CISSP
Network and Security Consultant
Technology & Infrastructure - Consulting & Integration
HP Services

3 Richardson Place
North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia
Phone (: +61-2-9022-1670    Mobile È: +61-411-254-513
   Fax 7: +61-2-9022-1800     E-mail + : martin.visserAThp.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Blake-Knox [mailto:MBlake-Knox@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 1:37 AM
To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Ethereal-users] How to use tethereal to display TCP data?

How can I use tethereal to display TCP Data (what would show up under Data field in the tree view display?

 

Thanks

 

Mike Blake-Knox

email: MBlake-Knox@xxxxxxxxxxxx

TSYS Office: (706) 644-3643

cellphone: (919) 280-4436