by anandh on July 2nd, 2008

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What is mean by packet sniffer

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  • by solistics on July 2nd, 2008

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_sniffer

    A Packet Sniffer (also known as a network sniffer, network analyzer or protocol analyzer or, for particular types of networks, an Ethernet sniffer or wireless sniffer) is computer software or computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a network.

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  • by amit khurana on October 26th, 2009

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    Packet sniffing is listening (with software) to the raw network device for packets that interest you. When your software sees a packet that fits certain criteria, it logs it to a file. The most common criteria for an interesting packet is one that contains words like "login" or "password."

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