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Questions tagged [sniffer]

A sniffer is a product that analyzes code or network data packets.

Code Analyzer

The PHP_CodeSniffer tool is a PHP PEAR package for static analysis of code, developed and maintained by Squiz Labs. Use the tag for questions regarding this software tool.

Network Data Packets

The most common meaning of a sniffer is a software or hardware product that captures packets of data as they travel a computer network. Use the tag questions regarding network data packet capture and analysis.

Other Uses

This tag can be used for questions that are unrelated to the above categories.

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Android emulator: How to monitor network traffic?

How do I monitor network traffic sent and received from my android emulator?
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What HTTP traffic monitor would you recommend for Windows?

I need the sniffer to test network traffic of applications developed by me for Windows and Facebook. Basic requirements: display request and response display HTTP headers display the time it took to complete HTTP request Now I'm using HTTP…
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Bluetooth sniffer - preferably mac osx

I am trying to find a bluetooth packet sniffer to capture bluetooth signals from close by devices. I would like for this application to work on mac osx. I have had difficulty finding anything at all so my requirements are low right now - something…
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Serial / Com Port monitor for Windows x64

Can anyone recommend any good Com port monitor tools, like Portmon, which also work on Windows x64? Ideally something open source / freeware would be good.
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How to sniff HTTP packets in python?

I want to sniff all the HTTP packets in my computer via python(version2.6.. is this possible? can I do it with scapy, or without other external modules?
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Packet sniffing in Python (Windows)

What is the best way to sniff network packets using Python? I've heard from several places that the best module for this is a module called Scapy, unfortunately, it makes python.exe crash on my system. I would assume that it's just a problem with…
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Python arp sniffing raw socket no reply packets

to understand the network concepts a bit better and to improve my python skills I am trying to implement a packet sniffer with python. I have just started to learn python, so the code could be optimized of course ;) I have implemented an packet…
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Reconstructing data from PCAP sniff

I am trying to sniff HTTP data through libpcap and get all the http contents (header+payload) after processing the TCP payload. As per my discussion at Writing an http sniffer (or any other application level sniffer) , I am facing problems due to…
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How to sniff HTTPS traffic from Android emulator to remote server ?

I want to monitor HTTPS traffic from my application to remote server. I am trying to follow this instruction and it works for HTTP (without s), but not for HTTPS. What is wrong? Should I write some custom code in my application to use https-proxy ?
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How to make a serial port sniffer sniffing physical port using a python

I have a PC Software (OS: Win 64bit) that communicates with a machine via physical serial port RS232 and I want to make a sniffer for that port using a python. Please note that I am beginner to serial ports. I've read multiple documents and…
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Wireshark filter for filtering both destination-source IP address and the protocol

I want to filter Wireshark's monitoring results according to a filter combination of source, destination ip addresses and also the protocol. So, right now I'm able to filter out the activity for a destination and source ip address using this filter…
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How do I hook the TCP stack in Windows to sniff and modify packets?

I'd like to write a packet sniffer and editor for Windows. I want to able to see the contents of all packets entering and leaving my system and possibly modify them. Any language is fine but I'd like it to run fast enough that it won't burden the…
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HTTP packet reconstruction

If I have a large HTTP packet which has been split up into a number of TCP packets, how can I reconstruct them back into a single HTTP packet? Basically, where in the packet do I look to tell when a HTTP packet is starting/ending? I can't seem to…
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Can Wireshark be used to change the content of packets

Wireshark doesn't seem to be able to change the content of filtered packets in real time. Does anyone know a symilar software which can change packet content that is filtered. Finding something like this will really be a life saver Thanks.
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How to use csv.Sniffer for 2 different CSV-types?

I want to read 2 different types of CSV-files: one with a ',' as delimiter one with a ';' as delimiter I tried to check which delimiter I'm using by doing: dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(csvfile, [',', ';']) data = csv.reader(csvfile,…
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