First of all, this is not something that can just be used and looked at, you have to learn how to interpret the capture, use the filters, basically, if you don't know much about packets or how connections work, information travels, you will have to do a lot of reading to use something like this correctly.
I've been using it for some time, although I don't always have a use for it but thought I'd review it anyway as I was very happy to have a 64 bit version now.
Security wise, this has had many fixes from past versions and is much safer even though with PROPER use, it's not really unsafe anyway. As they will tell you, don't run in admin mode, try to use a secondary capture machine or something that isn't critical to your use. Capturing internet traffic, especially on a public connection, or with your main system is simply asking for trouble.
This is especially useful if you feel you have some goings on with your network, be it connection issues or maybe some communications that shouldn't be happening. It can also be used, as I did, for monitoring what was happening on my network, not due to issues with the network itself.
It's a powerful tool and I've enjoyed over time, using this to monitor and keep packet results, seeing what is going in and out of my network. I do btw use a side system for this so I am not compromised. It's my test box, or the "punching bag" as I like to call it.
And no, it's not Ethereal anymore. Besides, Wireshark sounds better.
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- Recommend to a friend? Yes
- Posted Oct 20, 2011 for v1.6.2
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by gusimio
Apr 12, 2008
(Read all my 31 reviews)
