To be clear: snort is an IDS, not a packet sniffer. It uses packet sniffing technology, but it is an intrusion detection system by nature and by intent. Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Râsnita Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 3:02 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: packet sniffers? There should be accessible sniffers for Linux that can run in command line mode and redirect the results to a file which you can read. I have used snort, which is a command line packet sniffer which accepts creating complex rules for filtering. It works under Windows but there may be a Linux version also. I don't know if snort isn't actually a Unix program originally... You can also search on search.cpan.org for "sniffer" and you will find more modules that could help you, like Net::Packet::Dump for example. HTH. Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 3:30 AM Subject: T: packet sniffers? > This is a bit off topic, but it seems that the people on this list will > know best: my TCP/IP class will soon be working with packet sniffers as > part of a final project, on Ubuntu. The professor wants me to use Wire > Shark, formerly known as Ethereal. I may be able to use Windows if > necessary, but the question is whether WireShark will work with Orca > and/or JAWS? If not, is there a sniffer that will work? Thanks! > > Have a great day, > Alex > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind