On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Nov 3, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I remember reading (on this list, I think) an explanation that the UI
>> of pretty much all modern sniffers is derived from the first such
>> program which was originally for DOS-era systems. Unfortunately, I
>> have been unable to find the original message or any references to
>> such a program. Wikipedia contains a tantalizing reference to Network
>> General's "Sniffer" program, but any real details seem to have been
>> lost in the mists of time.
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>> If anybody has links or personal knowledge they'd be willing to share
>> I would much appreciate it.
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> Links - I *wish* I had a link to, for example, "Expert Sniffer® Network Analyzer Operations, Release 5.50", but I downloaded it ages ago, and haven't found a copy online recently.
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> A discussion of the display starts on page 7-25; page 7-27 shows an example of the display (PDF follows):
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> Presumably you can have one set of panes (wider) as well.
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> Many sniffers tend to have that three-pane view of summary/detail/hex-and-ASCII dump.
Thanks for the info and the screenshot. Between this and some other
responses not on the list I think I can piece together enough of the
information I was looking for.
Cheers,
Evan