Talk:Packet analyzer/Archive 1

Network General isn't a sniffer
Network General is a maker of packet sniffers, not a sniffer itself. Guy Harris 01:47, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Ethereal
Ethereal is now known as Wireshark. -- N3X15  ( Scream  &middot;  Contribs ) 23:58, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Title
Why does 'Packet Sniffer' redirect to 'Packet sniffer'? Shouldn't it be the other war 'round? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joeldipops (talk • contribs).


 * No. "Packet sniffer" is not a proper name, it's a category of software, so it's not capitalized. Guy Harris 20:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Microsoft Network Monitor
Why Omit Microsoft NetMon? NetMon III does a better job of cracking MS protocols than Wireshark... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.108.217.94 (talk • contribs).


 * Because there's no Wikipedia page for it. All the links to external pages were removed in this change.  Create a page for NetMon if you want it to be mentioned here. Guy Harris 20:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Windows reported number of packets vs packet sniffers
Does anyone know why packet sniffers report about 5x more packets than MS Windows "Local Area Connection Status? 194.83.139.136 (talk) 11:13, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

decoding
In the lead paragraph, shouldn't the term "decodes" refer/link to the opposite of encoding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code) rather than to the cryptographic definition? In my experience, sniffers "un-encode" the encoded bits routinely and only rarely, if ever, do they "un-encrypt" packets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrklaney (talk • contribs) 17:09, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * There are analyzers that do un-encrypt some packets when they can, but, yes, "decodes" in the sentence in question refers to showing the values of individual fields; I've expanded that sentence to make it clear, and removed the link to cryptography. Guy Harris (talk) 17:34, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Fiddler isn't a sniffer
Fiddler is a logging proxy, not a sniffer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.169.5.138 (talk) 14:15, 7 January 2014 (UTC)