Bart Smaalders writes:
>       It captures packets (when run as root) and displays them
>       in a GTK-based GUI.

Do we have any precedent for non-GNOME use of GTK?  It looks to me
like those libraries deliver from JDS, not SFW.

>       Wireshark is a GUI network protocol analyzer.  It lets you
>       interactively browse packet data from a live network or from
>       a previously saved capture file.  Wireshark's native capture
>       file format is libpcap format, which is also the format used
>       by tcpdump and various other tools.

So, what's the plan for snoop?  Does it get removed eventually?

It doesn't seem good for users to be bounced back and forth between
two different tools to do the same job.

>       There are two private libraries delivered into /usr/lib.

I don't see libpcap.  Where does that come from?

I see a seriously large number of libraries used by blastwave's
ethereal.  Are the same ones dragged in here?  If so, where are they?
If not, then is there functionality missing from the Solaris SFW
version?  Any features disabled?

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