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On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:40:58 +0100, Ned Ludd wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 12:33 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> > I've installed wireshark on my laptop but it isn't showing any |
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> > interfaces. I have eth0 and wlan0 (USB wireless). Could this be a |
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> > hardened issue? There isn't anything in dmesg. |
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> > - Grant |
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> Probably not. |
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> Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> |
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> Gentoo Linux |
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Correct. |
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Since Wireshark uses libpcap trickery, you need to be root to run it. |
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Now, considering the horrible track record of wireshark when it comes to security flaws - which OpenBSD dropped it for, btw - you're probably better off capturing (as root) with dumpcap or tcpdump and then analyzing the traffic in wireshark. |
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dumpcap -w outfile -i eth0 |
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