Listening in on traffic to/from a program.

Zacariaz · Post by **Zacariaz** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:13 am

Im not sure if this really belong in programming, so i put it in ramblings.

I have a piece of software, sending and recieving data to/from a unknown server on the net. One thing is to figure out the servers ip and stuff, but what i really want is top listening in on the traffic, and that i dont know how to do. Im not really up to the challence of writing a program for the purpose myself, as i have no real experience with network programming, so what i was thinking is if anyone know of a freeware program or simular i can use.

Thanks

jnc100 · Post by **jnc100** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:05 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_tap

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_sniffer

Regards,
John

Zacariaz · Post by **Zacariaz** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:14 am

Well, allthough this is helpfull, it seems to me that it is all about monitoring a connection, but i want to monitor a piece of software.

Kevin McGuire · Post by **Kevin McGuire** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:33 pm

You can use: http://www.wireshark.org/

Zacariaz · Post by **Zacariaz** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:44 pm

Thanks, ill look into that.

jnc100 · Post by **jnc100** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:21 am

Zacariaz wrote:Well, allthough this is helpfull, it seems to me that it is all about monitoring a connection, but i want to monitor a piece of software.

Software creates a connection?