Tcpdump
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Description
tcpdump is a text-based/command-line oriented network protocol analyzer. The tool along with its associated packet capture library, libpcap, can be downloaded from the official tcpdump site. As with other network protocol analyzers, to capture all network traffic, tcpdump must run as root or administrator.
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More Information
- Get a free tcpdump cheat sheet at comparitech
- tcpdump's functionality is available on Windows via graphical analyzer WinDump, downloadable from the WinPcap website
- A mini-tutorial on installing, running, and filtering tcpdump captures is available on Geekflare
- Another, more in-depth tcpdump use tutorial is available from the always impressive OpenSource.com
- The tcpdump man page, formatted for easier reading on the web
