Network traffic is displayed using a graphical interface. Each node represents a specific host. Links represent connections to hosts. Nodes and links are color-coded to represent different protocols forming the various types of traffic on the network. Individual nodes and their connecting links grow and shrink in size with increases and decreases in network traffic.
Historyedit
Originally authored by Juan Toledo, the first version of EtherApe (version 0.0.1) was released on February 18, 2000. In a 2006 survey, Insecure.org named EtherApe number 43 on its list of the "Top 100 Network Security Tools".[1]
Featuresedit
Some of the features listed about EtherApe include (the following list refers to version 0.9.20 of EtherApe):
graphical network traffic display
color-coded node and links for most used protocols
optional background image
traffic may be viewed on one's own network, end to end (IP) or port to port (TCP)
a variety of frame and packet types are supported
data view can be manipulated using a network filter
clicking a node or link provides additional information regarding including protocol and traffic information
summary protocol and node table
can read traffic from a file or an actual network
handles traffic on Ethernet, WLAN, VLAN plus several other media and encapsulation types
packet capture and display run on different processes
Securityedit
EtherApe requires root privileges to capture packets (but not to replay captured files). Starting with release 0.9.15 capturing is delegated to a separate process, while the main interface can run with lower privileges, significantly reducing the risk associated with capturing packets from untrusted sources (e.g. Internet).
etherape, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2021, le. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources EtherApe news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message EtherApe is a packet sniffer network traffic monitoring tool developed for Unix EtherApe is free open source software developed under the GNU General Public License EtherApeEtherApe GUIDeveloper s Riccardo Ghetta Juan ToledoInitial releaseFebruary 17 2000 2000 02 17 Stable release0 9 20 May 16 2021 2 years ago 2021 05 16 Written inCOperating systemLinux and Unix likeAvailable inEnglishTypeNetworkingLicenseGNU General Public LicenseWebsitehttps etherape sourceforge io Contents 1 Functionality 2 History 3 Features 4 Security 5 See also 6 ReferencesFunctionality editNetwork traffic is displayed using a graphical interface Each node represents a specific host Links represent connections to hosts Nodes and links are color coded to represent different protocols forming the various types of traffic on the network Individual nodes and their connecting links grow and shrink in size with increases and decreases in network traffic History editOriginally authored by Juan Toledo the first version of EtherApe version 0 0 1 was released on February 18 2000 In a 2006 survey Insecure org named EtherApe number 43 on its list of the Top 100 Network Security Tools 1 Features editSome of the features listed about EtherApe include the following list refers to version 0 9 20 of EtherApe graphical network traffic display color coded node and links for most used protocols optional background image traffic may be viewed on one s own network end to end IP or port to port TCP a variety of frame and packet types are supported data view can be manipulated using a network filter clicking a node or link provides additional information regarding including protocol and traffic information summary protocol and node table can read traffic from a file or an actual network handles traffic on Ethernet WLAN VLAN plus several other media and encapsulation types supports both IPv4 and IPv6 XML export of node link and traffic statistics central node ring mode column mode optional name resolving using c ares library packet capture and display run on different processesSecurity editEtherApe requires root privileges to capture packets but not to replay captured files Starting with release 0 9 15 capturing is delegated to a separate process while the main interface can run with lower privileges significantly reducing the risk associated with capturing packets from untrusted sources e g Internet See also edit nbsp Free and open source software portalComparison of packet analyzers tcpdump a packet analyzer Ngrep a tool that can match regular expressions within the network packet payloads netsniff ng a free Linux networking toolkit Wireshark a GUI based alternative to tcpdump dsniff a packet sniffer and set of traffic analysis toolsReferences edit Top 100 Network Security Tools Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title EtherApe amp oldid 1199241264, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
