- Comparison of packet analyzers
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The following tables compare general and technical information for several packet analyzer software utilities. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
General information
Basic general information about the software—creator/company, license/price, etc.
Creator GUI / Console Cost (USD) Software license AppTransaction Xpert OPNET Technologies GUI Unknown Proprietary EULA Cain and Abel Massimiliano Montoro GUI Free Freeware Capsa Free Edition Colasoft GUI Free Proprietary EULA Carnivore Federal Bureau of Investigation ? N/A N/A Clarified Analyzer Clarified Networks GUI 300€ and up Proprietary EULA dSniff Dug Song Console Free BSD License EtherApe Juan Toledo GUI Free GNU GPL Ettercap ALoR and NaGA Both Free GNU GPL I/O Ninja Tibbo Technology Inc. GUI $30 Proprietary EULA justniffer The Justniffer team Console Free GNU GPL Kismet Mike Kershaw (dragorn) Console Free GNU GPL LANMeter Fluke Corporation handheld ? ? netsniff-ng Daniel Borkmann Console Free GNU GPL NetworkMiner free edition NETRESEC AB GUI Free GNU GPL NetworkMiner Professional NETRESEC AB Both 500€ Proprietary EULA ngrep Jordan Ritter Console Free Other Microsoft Network Monitor Microsoft GUI Free Proprietary EULA Observer Network Instruments GUI ? Proprietary EULA OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) WildPackets GUI $1,194.00 and up Proprietary EULA PacketView Pro Klos Technologies, Inc. Console $1,299.00 Proprietary EULA pt360 Tool Suite PacketTrap ? $99 ? Sniffer Portable NetScout GUI ? Proprietary EULA snoop Sun Microsystems Console Free CDDL tcpdump The Tcpdump team Console Free BSD License Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) The Wireshark team Both Free GNU GPL Xplico The Xplico team Both Free GNU GPL Operating system support
The utilities can run on these operating systems.
Client Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Solaris Other AppTransaction Xpert Yes Version 3.5 capture agents on PowerPC only GUI, plus version 3.5 capture agents No Version 3.5 capture agents on SPARC only Version 3.5 capture agents on AIX and PA-RISC HP-UX only Cain and Abel Yes No No No No No Capsa Free Edition Yes No No No No No Carnivore Yes No No No No No Clarified Analyzer Yes Yes Yes No No ? dSniff ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? EtherApe No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Ettercap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? I/O Ninja Yes No No No No No Kismet Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? LANMeter No No No No No Fluke proprietary hardware netsniff-ng No No Yes No No No NetworkMiner free edition Yes No No No No No NetworkMiner Professional Yes No No No No No ngrep Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX, BeOS, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX Microsoft Network Monitor Yes No No No No No Observer Yes No No No No No OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) Yes No No No No No PacketView Pro Yes No No No No No pt360 Tool Suite Yes No No No No No Sniffer Portable Yes No No No No No snoop No No No No Yes No tcpdump Yes (WinDump) Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX Xplico No No Yes No No No justniffer No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Categories:- Software comparisons
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