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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ngrep/pkg-descr')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/ngrep/pkg-descr b/net/ngrep/pkg-descr index 592428932e4a..46dbcb8bf00a 100644 --- a/net/ngrep/pkg-descr +++ b/net/ngrep/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ -ngrep strives to provide most of GNU grep's common features, applying -them to the network layer. +ngrep is like GNU grep applied to the network layer. -ngrep a pcap-aware tool that will allow you to specify extended -regular expressions to match against data payloads of packets. It -currently recognizes TCP, UDP, and ICMP across Ethernet, PPP, SLIP, -FDDI, Token Ring and null interfaces, and understands BPF filter -logic in the same fashion as more common packet sniffing tools, -like tcpdump and snoop. +It's a PCAP-based tool that allows you to specify an extended regular or +hexadecimal expression to match against data payloads of packets. +It understands many kinds of protocols, including IPv4/6, TCP, UDP, ICMPv4/6, +IGMP and Raw, across a wide variety of interface types, and understands BPF +filter logic in the same fashion as more common packet sniffing tools, such as +tcpdump and snoop. |