[lug] Mailman question

Hugh Brown hugh at math.byu.edu
Mon Mar 10 07:11:30 MDT 2008


karl horlen wrote:
> Perfect.
> 
> The key is to specify the interface and the port.  
> 
> Even better that you anticipated my followup question
> which was how easy the dump would be to read.  It
> sounds like you need another utility 'wireshark' to
> make analyzing the dump manageable.
> 
> Any reason why one would use or prefer tcpdump over
> ethereal?
> 

You can also use tethereal or tcpdump to review the dump.  My preference 
for wireshark is based on laziness.

I use tcpdump on servers where wireshark/X isn't necessarily installed. 
  I then scp it to my workstation and do the analysis there.

Hugh



More information about the LUG mailing list