SNIFFIT
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NAME
sniffit - packet sniffer and monitoring tool
SYNOPSIS
sniffit [-xdabvnN] [-P
proto
] [-A
char
] [-p
port
] [-l
sniflen
] [-L
loglevel
] [-F
snifdevice
] [-D
tty
] [-M
plugin
] [(-t
Target-IP
| -s
Source-IP
) | -i | -c
config-file
]
DESCRIPTION
sniffit
is a packet sniffer for TCP/UDP/ICMP packets.
sniffit
is able to give you very detailed technical info on these
packets (SEQ, ACK, TTL, Window, ...) but also packet contence in
different formats (hex or plain text, ...).
sniffit
can by default handle ethernet and PPP devices, but can easily be
forced into using other devices (read the
README.*
and
config.h
files on this subject!)
The sniffer can easily be configured in order to 'filter' the incomming
packets (to make the sniffing results easier to study). The config file (see
sniffit(5)
) allows you to be verry specific on the packets to be processed.
sniffit
also has an interactive mode for active monitoring, and can also be used
for continuous monitoring on different levels.
NOTE
This man page is supposed to be a reference manual. So please read
README.*
first, and use this only for better understanding or for a quick check on
the use of
sniffit
OPTIONS
- -v
-
Shows the version of
sniffit
you are running and exits
(overrides all)
- -t Target-IP
-
Only process packets TO Target-IP. If Target-IP is in dot-nr notation,
(NOT compatible with: '-s' '-i' '-c' '-v' '-L')
- -s Source-IP
-
Similar to '-t', only process packets FROM Source-IP.
(NOT compatible with: '-t' '-i' '-c' '-v' '-L')
- -b
-
specified by '-s' or '-t'
(NOT compatible with: '-t' '-i' '-c' '-v' '-L')
- -c config-file
-
Use
config-file
for the packet filtering. This allows you to be very specific on the
packets to be processed (see
sniffit(5)
for details on the format).
(NOT compatible with: '-t' '-s' '-i' '-v' '-L')
- -i
-
Launch the ncurses interface for active monitoring ('interactive mode').
(NOT available if you compiled without INTERACTIVE support see
config.h
and
README.*
)
(one of the options '-t' '-s' '-i' '-c' is required)
(NOT compatible with: '-t' '-s' '-c' '-v' '-L')
- -n
-
Turn of IP checksum checking. This can show you bogus packets.
(mind you ARP, RARP, other non-IP packets will show up bogus too)
(compatible with ALL options)
- -N
-
Don't perform any of the build in Sniffit functions. Usefull for only
running a Plugin.
(compatible with ALL options)
- -x
-
Prints extended info on TCP packets to stdout (SEQ, ACK, Flags, etc...)
Interesting when tracing spoofs, packet loss and other real net
debugging/checking tasks.
(if you want to log this, pipe stdout to a file)
(NOT compatible with: '-i' '-v')
- -d
-
into files (default). Data is printed in bytes (hex).
(NOT compatible with: '-i' '-v' '-L')
- -a
-
replaced by '.'.
('-d' and '-a' mix without any problem)
(NOT compatible with: '-i' '-v' '-L')
- -P proto
-
Specify the protocols that should be processed (default TCP). Possible
options currently are: IP, TCP, ICMP, UDP. They can be combined.
IP, ICMP, UDP info is dumped to stdout. IP gives ADDITIONAL info on the
IPwrapping around other packets, it is not needed to specify IP for TCP
packet logging.
IP, ICMP packets are not filtered (UDP packets are as of 0.3.4).
(NOT compatible with: '-i' '-v' '-L')
- -A char
-
When in 'normal mode' (not '-d','-a','-i','-L'), all non-printable chars
will be replaced by
char
(NOT compatible with: '-a' '-d' '-i' '-v' '-L')
- -p port
-
Only checks packets going TO (!!) port
port
, 0 means all ports, default is 0 (all).
(NOT compatible with: '-c' '-i' '-v' '-L')
- -l sniflen
-
Ammount of data to log (default 300 bytes) in 'normal mode'. The first
sniflen
bytes of every connection are logged. Length 0 logs means everything. (look
out with diskspace!)
(NOT compatible with: '-i' '-v' '-L')
- -F snifdevice
-
Force sniffit to use a certain network device.
snifdevice
can be found with
ifconfig
(see
ifconfig(8)
).
sniffit
supports ethernet and PPP by default. Read
README.*
for info on forcing the use of other devices.
(compatible with ALL options)
- -D tty
-
All logging output will be send to that device.
(ONLY works with '-i')
- -M plugin
-
Activate Plugin nr.
Plugin
, for a list on all plugins compiled in your version, just type '
sniffit
(NOT compatible with: '-i' '-v')
- -L loglevel
-
Use
sniffit as a monitoring tool and enable loglevel
loglevel
The File for logging can be specified in the config file (see
sniffit(5)
) but is
sniffit.log
by default.
(ONLY works with '-c')
NORMAL MODE
A bunch of
sniflen
initial bytes (default 300) of each connection is logged into a file
x.x.x.x.p-y.y.y.y.o
where 'x.x.x.x' is the sending host (port 'p') and 'y.y.y.y' the
receiving host (port 'o').
DUMP MODE ('-d' and/or '-a')
Output is dumped to stdout, the packet contence is shown in it's
unwrapped form (the complete IP packet).
INTERACTIVE MODE ('-i')
Keys available in interactive mode:
- 'UP or 'k'
-
self explanatory
- DOWN or j'
-
self explanatory
- F1 or '1'
-
Enter a host (enter 'all' for no mask) for packet filtering (host that
sends the packets)
- F2 or '2'
-
Enter a host (enter 'all' for no mask) for packet filtering. (host that
receives the packets)
- F3 or '3'
-
Enter a port (enter '0' for no mask) for packet filtering. (host that
sends the packets)
- F4 or '4'
-
Enter a port (enter '0' for no mask) for packet filtering. (host that
receives the packets)
- F5 or '5'
-
Start a program 'sniffit_key5' with arguments
<from IP> <from port> <to IP> <to port>
If the program doesn't exist, nothing is done. Sniffit should be in the
same path as sniffit was STARTED FROM (not necessarely the path sniffit is
stored in) This function is usefull for interactive connection killing or
extra monitoring. A little shell script can always transform the arguments
given and pass them on to other programs.
- F6 or '6'
-
Same as F5 or '5', but with program 'sniffit_key6'
- F7 or '7'
-
Same as F5 or '5', but with program 'sniffit_key7'
- F8 or '8'
-
Same as F5 or '5', but with program 'sniffit_key8'
- ENTER
-
a window will pop up and log the connection, or the connection output
will be send at a chosen device if you used the '-D' option.
- 'q'
-
When in logging mode, stop logging. Otherwise, quit.
- 'n'
-
Toggle netstatistics. These are sampled at 3 secs, look in the config.h
file to change this.
- 'g'
-
Sniffit
is now able to generate some trafic load. Currently this is a 'underdevelloped'
feature with very few options, but it will be expanded a lot.
Currently only UDP packets are generated. When pressing 'g' you will be
asked the source/dest IP/port and how much packets are needed to be
transmitted.
Packets contain the line: "This Packet was fired with Sniffit!
LOGGING MODE ('-L')
Output is saved to
sniffit.log
,unless you have specified some other name in the config file (see
sniffit(5)
).
- Loglevel 1 (Raw level)
-
Log all SYN, FIN, RST packets. This will give you an overview of all
network (TCP) trafic in a 'RAW' way (a connection starting could gives
you at least 2 SYN packets, etc...).
- Loglevel 10 (Normal level)
-
Same as Raw level 1, but a bit more intelligent. Unless packets are
transmitted multiple times because of packet loss, you will only get 1
notice of a connection starting or ending. (the packet id
will give you the host that initiated the connection first)
- Loglevel 12 (Normal level)
-
This option will spy on trafic concerning ports 21 and 23 on the subnet.
Yes indeed,
ftp
(see
ftp(1)
) and
telnet
(see
telnet(1)
). Sniffit will try to catch login and passwords
for these applications.
-
ftp
- Easy catching. Even multiple tries are registered.
-
telnet
- A bit harder. We only try to catch the first attempt, so if someone
fails the first login, you will miss his password.
A '~' in the login and passwords fields can be a nonprintable character
(if in the beginning of a field, probably due to an early
start of registration) or a '~'. Interested in some tricks that made this
work? Have a look at in function 'packethandler' in the sniffit.*.c
file)
IP ICMP UDP LOGGING
Information on these packets is dumped to stdout. Packet
Filtering options only refer to TCP and UDP packets.
The contence of UDP packets is only shown when enabling '-a' or '-d'.
AUTHOR
Brecht Claerhout <coder@reptile.rug.ac.be>
SEE ALSO
sniffit(5)
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- NOTE
-
- OPTIONS
-
- NORMAL MODE
-
- DUMP MODE ('-d' and/or '-a')
-
- INTERACTIVE MODE ('-i')
-
- LOGGING MODE ('-L')
-
- IP ICMP UDP LOGGING
-
- AUTHOR
-
- SEE ALSO
-
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