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Ethereal
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What is Ethereal
(From Docs.)
Ethereal is a GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you interactively browse packet data from a live network or
from a previously saved capture file.
Ethereal knows how to read libpcap capture files, including those of tcpdump, snoop (including Shomiti) and
atmsnoop, LanAlyzer, Sniffer (compressed or uncompressed), Microsoft Network Monitor, AIX's iptrace,
NetXray, Sniffer Pro, Etherpeek, RADCOM's WAN/LAN analyzer, Lucent/Ascend router debug output, HPUX's nettl, the dump output from Toshiba's ISDN routers, the output from i4btrace from the ISDN4BSD project,
the output in IPLog format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System, and pppd logs (pppdump format).
Display filters in Ethereal are very powerful; more fields are filterable in Ethereal than in other protocol analyzers,
and the syntax you can use to create your filters is richer. As Ethereal progresses, expect more and more
protocol fields to be allowed in display filters.
Packet capturing is performed with the pcap library. The capture filter syntax follows the rules of the pcap library.
This syntax is different from the display filter syntax.
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Ethereal Screen Layout
The summary line, briefly describing what the packet is.
A protocol tree is shown, allowing you to drill down to exact protocol or field that you interested in.
a hex dump shows you exactly what the packet looks like when it goes over the wire.
Filename Of Current File
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Edit -> Preferences -> Columns
This screen allows you to add or move
columns around.
For consistency, I always recommend you
name your columns the same as the
descriptions noted in the ‘pull down’
menu.
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Neat Feature – ‘Sorting Columns’
Output is Sorted By Frame No By Default
Click Info Header
After Sorting By Info
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Neat Feature – ‘Drag and Drop’
You can now drag and drop a file from Windows Explorer directly into Ethereal.
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Neat Feature – ‘Follow TCP Stream’
See the next slide for the results,
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Neat Feature – ‘Conversation List’
You can now see a list of all the TCP, IP or MAC addresses.
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Results for Follow TCP Stream
By default the red text is the data received by the client.
This color/feature may be modified via the Edit->Preferences->TCP Streams menu.
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How To Use The ‘Decode As’ Feature
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How To Rebuild A
Captured Web Page
Using Ethereal
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1. Select ‘Follow TCP Stream’
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2. Select Save As And Provide A HTML Extension
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3. Open Newly Created file
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Capture Filters
Seems complicated at best.
The capture filter syntax follows the rules of the pcap library
This syntax is different from the display filter syntax.
Ethereal documentation asks you to check the manual page of tcpdump
Sample filters
src ip 192.168.1.1
ether src 00:50:BA:48:B5:EF
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More On Capture Filters
A capture filter for HTTP than captures traffic to and from a particular host
tcp port 80 and host 10.10.10.5
A capture filter for HTTP than captures traffic not from a particular host
tcp port 80 and not host 10.10.10.5
A capture filter to and from an ethernet address
ether 00:00:01:01:02:22
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Display Filter Comparison Operators
The comparison operators can be expressed either through C-like symbols, or
through English-like abbreviations:
eq, == Equal
ne, != Not equal
gt, > Greater than
lt, < Less Than
ge, >= Greater than or Equal to
le, <= Less than or Equal to
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GUI Display Filter
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Match Selected – Quick Display Filter
Quick Way to Learn Display
Filter Commands
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Save Selected Frames - OPE
1. Go to File -> Save Capture.
2. In the next screen, select the
From Frame ID# radio button
and enter the frame number
range.
3. Provide location and File Name.
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How To Define A Capture Filter
Using
Ethereal
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Figure Out Your MAC Address
Go to your command prompt and type “ipconfig /all” (without the quotes).
The resulting display will contain the following info:
1 Ethernet Adapter :
Description . . . . . . . . : Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10/100 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-10-A4-E4-43-02
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
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The Correct Way…
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The Wrong Way…
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References
http://www.ethereal.com.
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