Sniffer (protocol analyzer)
The Sniffer was a computer network packet and protocol analyzer developed and first sold in 1986 by Network General Corporation of Mountain View, CA. By 1994 the Sniffer had become the market leader in high-end protocol analyzers. According to SEC 10-K filings and corporate annual reports, between 1986 and March 1997 about $933M worth of Sniffers and related products and services had been sold as tools for network managers and developers.
| Original author(s) | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Network General |
| Initial release | December 1986 |
| Written in | C, 8086 assembler |
| Operating system | MS-DOS |
| Type | protocol analyzer |
The Sniffer was the antecedent of several generations of network protocol analyzers, of which the current most popular is Wireshark.
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