KSniffer

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KSniffer features

KSniffer has the following features:

• Capture the packets from the enabled network interfaces (eth0, eth1, ...)
• Capture from special network devices with no MAC address (tun0, ...)
• Get information from the packets: ARP, TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP protocol
• Display a summary packet information in the "Information" column for ARP, TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP protocol
• Recognize service protocols (POP3, IMAP, HTTP, DOMAIN, ...) from the packet for the "Protocol" column comparing the port number with the one known by the Operative System (using the /etc/services file)
• Show raw bytes of a selected packet from the list of the captured one
• Disable "New Capture" if the sniffer backend permissions are not set correctly
• Pause/resume capture
• Packets quick search
• Get information on an IP address: can be detected some networking information (if on your system are installed the right tools) on a source and destination selected IP (click on an IP address with the right mouse button):
  • whois
  • traceroute
  • ping
  • dig
  • host
  • nslookup
• Load/save libpcap format file
• Load a recent file menu item
• Drag & drop available for a libpcap format file
• Configure the application by a dialog: capture and GUI option available
• Capture settings:
  • Specify temporary directory
  • Interrupt capture:
    • Manually
    • After X packets
    • After X bytes/kilobytes/megabyes/gigabytes
    • After X seconds/minutes/hours/days
• GUI settings:
  • Display captured packets after stopped capturing
  • Add/remove KSniffer icon in the system tray bar
  • Warn if you got no packets
  • Show splash screen
  • Show the service name in the Protocol column
  • Show the RAW Packet frame on the right of/under the Packet Details frame