Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Searching for a string

Note: This archive is from the project's previous web site, ethereal.com. This list is no longer active.

Date Index Thread Index Other Months All Mailing Lists
Date Prev Date Next Thread Prev Thread Next
From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:19:58 -0700 (PDT)
> Is there a way that ethereal can search through captured data for a text
> string?

No.  Nobody's implemented such a mechanism.

> I used xbed(a binary editor) to search the captured data, and while this
> works, I get lost in a sea of data. Is there a better alternative? The only
> other alternative I could think of was to export the file in sniffer
> format, and search for it on a PC running sniffer, but I'ld prefer to stick
> to ethereal if possible.

How does the Sniffer "search for text" feature work?  Send a description
to the list; somebody might, at some point, implement it.