On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Guy Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 3, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Evan Huus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I remember reading (on this list, I think) an explanation that the UI >> of pretty much all modern sniffers is derived from the first such >> program which was originally for DOS-era systems. Unfortunately, I >> have been unable to find the original message or any references to >> such a program. Wikipedia contains a tantalizing reference to Network >> General's "Sniffer" program, but any real details seem to have been >> lost in the mists of time. >> >> If anybody has links or personal knowledge they'd be willing to share >> I would much appreciate it. > > Links - I *wish* I had a link to, for example, "Expert Sniffer® Network > Analyzer Operations, Release 5.50", but I downloaded it ages ago, and haven't > found a copy online recently. > > A discussion of the display starts on page 7-25; page 7-27 shows an example > of the display (PDF follows): > > > > > Presumably you can have one set of panes (wider) as well. > > Many sniffers tend to have that three-pane view of > summary/detail/hex-and-ASCII dump.
Thanks for the info and the screenshot. Between this and some other responses not on the list I think I can piece together enough of the information I was looking for. Cheers, Evan ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
