You want some kind of port mirroring<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_mirroring> .
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Andrej van der Zee < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a solution that sniffs all HTTP traffic to the > load-balancer in a multi-tier web application, but WITHOUT starting > tcpdump on the load-balancer itself. The sniffing has to be isolated > on a dedicated machine, without having to change anything to the web > application itself. If the dedicated sniff-machine shuts down, the web > application CANNOT be affected. The dedicated sniff-machine should run > Linux, preferably Ubuntu. I am looking for a cheap solution in terms > of hardware. But most important is that the solution is non-intrusive > to the web application to be sniffed. I am sure I am not the first, so > any help appreciated! > > Thank you, > Andrej > - > This is the tcpdump-workers list. > Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe. > - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
