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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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Python scan for WiFi

I was searching for a program that can scan for WiFi networks and print all of the SSIDs. I tried with scapy but I failed. I am using the pyCharm editor. I tried this code: from scapy.all import * from scapy.layers.dot11 import Dot11 def…
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HTTP GET packet sniffer in Scapy

I am trying to code a simple sniffer in Scapy, which only prints HTTP packets with GET method only. Here's the code: #!/usr/bin/python from scapy.all import * def http_header(packet): http_packet=str(packet) if…
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Is there any http monitor for intellij idea GUI? Like the one in Netbeans?

I am a netbeans user, now I want to switch to Intellij IDEA. But I can't find any working http monitor in Intellij IDEA GUI like the one in Netbeans. I want to use the http monitor to see the requests in Tomcat. I have tried the plugin Axis Tcp…
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Read Packet Content using pcap4j

I have my below code which can captures packets from the interface using pcap4j but I am not sure how can I print the request and the response data present in the packet. For example, if I make a REST call from a postman then I want to trace the…
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Best way to analyze http traffic sent by my java code?

I have some java code both new (using Apache commons http libraries) and old (strictly using java 1.4 API) and am trying to rewrite the old code using the newer apache commons libraries. However, it isn't working and I'm struggling to find out why.…
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jNetPcap on Android: problem with findAllDevs method!

I've sucessfully compiled jNetPcap as a shared library for Android. I have made a simple application using this code: http://jnetpcap.com/examples/classic to test the API. The problem is that when I call the method findAllDevs and exception is…
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Any software utility available to do USB port sniffing in MAC OSx ?

Is there any handy software utility available to do USB port sniffing on MAC OSx 10.6 and above ? We can do that in Windows with few software utils available as freeware and several licensed versions...
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How can I convert PHP Code Sniffer XML report into HTML?

Can you suggest some method of converting PHP Code Sniffer XML report into HTML page(s). I guess I might need some XSLT translation… Thanks in advance for the advice.
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WinUSB application or user-mode driver as a filter driver for USB analysis/sniffer/trending

A question to maybe some who have worked extensively with WinUSB APIs or user mode USB drivers - can the WinUSB API or a user mode driver be used as a passive observer of USB connections, capturing notification of interrupts, control requests, data…
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Get full HTTP request description via TShark

I need to get full description of the HTTP requests with TShark sniffer. I mean something like Wireshark's GUI where you can get: raw request data (zipped/unzipped); pretty printed extracted HTTP fields: (Host, Accepted-Encoding, Cookies,…
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Does packet sniffing reduces internet speed?

I'm using tcpdump command tool to sniff packets. However, I worry about my internet speed to be reduced. Does a packet sniffer reduce it? If yes or no, why? If it does, is there any way to fix this problem? Can I ignore its effect on internet speed…
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Send an ARP request manually from Windows

I'm training myself on network scanning and i'm focusing on how to identify a sniffer on my net. Searching on the web, i find that a possible way is the ARP method: i must send an ARP request to a suspect no broadcast IP to check if it's in…
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Capturing and assembling TCP streams with libnids

I've been writing a simple sniffer tool. I started out with libpcap, but then realized it would be useful to keep track of TCP stream information, so I began reading about and experimenting with libnids. It's a great tool, however it does not…
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Writing email sniffer

I am interested in writing an email sniffer that saves all emails sent via web based clients to hd, but I can't work out how to do this. How can I catch HTTPS mail before it is encrypted? I would really appriciate some useful info. I cannot find…
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can I see all SQL statements sent over an ODBC connection?

I'm working with a third-party application that uses ODBC to connect to, and alter, a database. During certain failure modes, the end-results are not what I expect. To understand it better, I'd like some way of inspecting all the statements sent to…
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