internetnews.com: Where’s Ethereal? It’s Now Sniffing the Wire Like a Shark

Written By
SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Aug 25, 2006

“If you’re wondering what has happened to Ethereal, one of the
most popular packet sniffing tools on the planet, it’s probably
because you’re visiting Ethereal.com.

“Though development on Ethereal may be dead, development on its
forked successor Wireshark is alive, well and perhaps more focused
than ever before.

“Wireshark, like Ethereal, is a GPL (define) licensed
application and is a critical tool for helping its users capture
and analyze network traffic of various protocols…”

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SMK

Sean Michael Kerner

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