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| author | Chris Piazza <cpiazza@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-08-26 23:32:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Piazza <cpiazza@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-08-26 23:32:03 +0000 |
| commit | 243b289ab193df96c37564fe1a8f5d8619b33f39 (patch) | |
| tree | 81a6708b10c781da1f9c2bfba1376a9a5898c19a /net/tcpflow/pkg-descr | |
| parent | Update MASTER_SITES (diff) | |
Import of tcpflow.
Tcpflow is a tool for capturing data transmitted as part of TCP connections
(flows), and stores it in a way that is convenient for protocol
analysis or debugging. tcpflow reconstructs the actual data streams
and stores each flow in a seperate file for later analysis.
PR: 13362
Submitted by: Jose M. Alcaide <jose@we.lc.ehu.es>
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=21013
Diffstat (limited to 'net/tcpflow/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/tcpflow/pkg-descr | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/tcpflow/pkg-descr b/net/tcpflow/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9bb345e53cc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/tcpflow/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +tcpflow is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP +connections (flows), and stores it in a way that is convenient for +protocol analysis or debugging. A program like 'tcpdump' only shows a +summary of packets seen on the wire, but usually doesn't store the +data that's actually being transmitted. In contrast, tcpflow +reconstructs the actual data streams and stores each flow in a +separate file for later analysis. + +tcpflow understands sequence numbers and will correctly reconstruct +data streams regardless of retransmissions or out-of-order delivery. +However, it currently does not understand IP fragments; flows +containing IP fragments will not be recorded properly. + +Note: this port includes a small patch that adds the capability of + reading the packets from a tcpdump(1) capture file, using + a new option (-r). + +WWW: http://www.circlemud.org/~jelson/software/tcpflow/ + +- Jose M. Alcaide +jose@we.lc.ehu.es |