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Diffstat (limited to 'net/tcpflow/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/tcpflow/DESCR | 24 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/net/tcpflow/DESCR b/net/tcpflow/DESCR index f576c163b81..2b3776cab67 100644 --- a/net/tcpflow/DESCR +++ b/net/tcpflow/DESCR @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ -tcpflow is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP connections -(flows), and stores the data in a way that is convenient for protocol analysis -or debugging. A program like 'tcpdump' shows a summary of packets seen on the -wire, but usually doesn't store the data that's actually being transmitted. -In contrast, tcpflow reconstructs the actual data streams and stores each flow -in a separate file for later analysis. +tcpflow is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP connections +(flows), and stores the data in a way that is convenient for protocol analysis +or debugging. A program like 'tcpdump' shows a summary of packets seen on the +wire, but usually doesn't store the data that's actually being transmitted. +In contrast, tcpflow reconstructs the actual data streams and stores each flow +in a separate file for later analysis. -tcpflow understands sequence numbers and will correctly reconstruct data -streams regardless of retransmissions or out-of-order delivery. However, it -currently does not understand IP fragments; flows containing IP fragments will -not be recorded properly. +tcpflow understands sequence numbers and will correctly reconstruct data +streams regardless of retransmissions or out-of-order delivery. However, it +currently does not understand IP fragments; flows containing IP fragments will +not be recorded properly. -tcpflow is based on the LBL Packet Capture Library (available from LBL) and -therefore supports the same rich filtering expressions that programs like +tcpflow is based on the LBL Packet Capture Library (available from LBL) and +therefore supports the same rich filtering expressions that programs like 'tcpdump' support. |