Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] basic question

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From: Biot Olivier <Olivier.Biot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:18:13 +0200
Title: Message
The HTTP authentication token is encoded in BASE-64 form. You should be able to see an "Authorization" header. In the middle pane, open the HTTP protocol tree, and open the subtree of the "Authorization" header. You will see the *decoded* basic authorization cookie.
 
Regards,
 
Olivier
-----Original Message-----
From:
jim [at] maximumcomputer.com
Sent: donderdag 8 april 2004 17:18
To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Ethereal-users] basic question

is it the software? or am i missing something here? im trying a simple test: i start a packet capture then go to a website where i am prompted via HTTP authentication to enter a username and password. i stop the capture and view the packets hoping to actually see where the username was sent. i cant find it. i search for a text string and look for the username and it DOES say it is found and highlights the packet. but when i expand all parts of the packet i still dont find it! can someone please help with a simple answer? or should i purchase different software for my company?
 
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thank you in advance