Comparison of packet analyzers
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The following tables compare general and technical information for several packet analyzer software utilities. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
General information
Basic general information about the software—creator/company, license/price, etc.
| Creator | Latest release | User interface | Software license | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze This | Comoe Networks | Web GUI | N/A | ||
| Cain and Abel | Massimiliano Montoro | GUI | Freeware | ||
| Capsa Free Edition | Colasoft | GUI | Proprietary | ||
| Carnivore | Federal Bureau of Investigation | ? | N/A | ||
| Clarified Analyzer | Clarified Networks | GUI | Proprietary | ||
| Clusterpoint Network Traffic Surveillance System | Clusterpoint | web GUI | Proprietary | ||
| CommView | TamoSoft | GUI | Proprietary | ||
| Debookee | iwaxx | 5.1.0 / May 18, 2016 | GUI | Proprietary | |
| dSniff | Dug Song | 2.3 / December 17, 2000[1] | CLI | BSD License | |
| EtherApe | Juan Toledo | 0.9.13 / May 5, 2013[2] | GUI | GNU General Public License | |
| Ettercap | ALoR and NaGA | 0.8.2-Ferri / March 14, 2015[3] | Both | GNU General Public License | |
| justniffer | The Justniffer team | 0.5.12 / October 28, 2014[4] | CLI | GNU General Public License | |
| Kismet | Mike Kershaw (dragorn) | Kismet-2013-03-R1b[5] / April 8, 2013 | CLI | GNU General Public License | |
| netsniff-ng | Daniel Borkmann | 0.6.0 / | CLI | GNU General Public License | |
| ngrep | Jordan Ritter | 1.45 (11/18/06) | CLI | BSD-style | |
| Microsoft Network Monitor | Microsoft | GUI | Proprietary | ||
| Observer | Network Instruments | GUI | Proprietary | ||
| OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) | Savvius (formerly WildPackets) | GUI | Proprietary | ||
| SteelCentral Transaction Analyzer | OPNET Technologies/Riverbed Technology | GUI | Proprietary | ||
| snoop | Sun Microsystems | Solaris 10 / December 11, 2006 | CLI | CDDL | |
| tcpdump | The Tcpdump team | 4.7.4 / April 22, 2015[6] | CLI | BSD License | |
| Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) | The Wireshark team | 2.0.0 / 18 November 2015 | Both | GNU General Public License | |
| Xplico | The Xplico team | 1.1.1 / November 2, 2015[7] | Both | GNU General Public License |
Operating system support
The utilities can run on these operating systems.
| Client | Microsoft Windows | OS X | Linux | BSDs | Solaris | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cain and Abel | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Capsa Free Edition | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Carnivore | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Clarified Analyzer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
| Clusterpoint Network Traffic Surveillance System |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any virtual-machine compatible OS |
| CommView | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Debookee | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| dSniff | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| EtherApe | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Ettercap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| justniffer | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Kismet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| LANMeter | No | No | No | No | No | Fluke proprietary hardware |
| netsniff-ng | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| ngrep | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AIX, BeOS, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX |
| Microsoft Network Monitor | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Observer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| SteelCentral Transaction Analyzer | Yes | Version 3.5 capture agents on PowerPC only | GUI, plus version 3.5 capture agents | No | Version 3.5 capture agents on SPARC only | Version 3.5 capture agents on AIX and PA-RISC HP-UX only |
| snoop | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| tcpdump | Yes (WinDump) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX |
| Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX |
| Xplico | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
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