> But Roger - that's exactly what a sniffer is for! > > Many useful tools exist and are fully developed to provide > comprehensive > details to aid in debugging of TCP socket connections. There > are tools for > windows as well as *nix os's, and all of them have more > function than one > could ever hope to shoe-horn into an application.
True -- but they are confusing overkill when what you're trying to see is what conversation a client and a server are having at upper levels of the IP stack. > They don't require access to the networks you are connecting > to, and can > even be inserted (without program modifications) through use > of firewall > redirection rules... All without bulking up the application > for normal use. Those may be lots of other things, but they are not sniffers. A sniffer is a system that can be put on a network segment in promiscuous mode to analyze traffic from other nodes. In-system low-level protocol analyzers such as those you name are not sniffers. (Isn't "Sniffer" a trademark?) > Not a list topic though - you'd probably want to read up on your os's > firewall redirection and transparent proxy capabilities and a > few other > things like tcpdump, sniffit, etc. An awful lot of work to do to compensate for a server that's too lazy to log its own chat. I shouldn't have to pick through gunk at the packet level to see what any program should be designed to do by itself. I should only have to sniff packets -- either the classic way or in my own protocol stack -- when I'm looking at lower-level protocol issues. It's easy enough -- speak a protocol, log a protocol. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
