Index_P

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P

package management tools. See Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)

packaging directory, 390–391

packet-info.h file, 397

packet size, 223–224

packet sniffers. See sniffers

packet-xxx file, 387

packets. See also capture drivers; capture filters

Ethernet overview, 15

filtering, 48–52

filtering Summary Window display, 134–136

fragmentation, 422, 433

vs. frames, 17

printing, 141–147

retransmission, 419–420, 433

viewing in Data View Window, 132–134

viewing in Protocol Tree Window, 130–132

viewing in Summary Window, 128–130

Packetyzer, 11

pango library, 385

path, 124

payloads, passing, 408–409

pcre library, 385

PDML format, displaying Tethereal output in, 278–281

Perl, 77, 112, 386

physical layer, Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, 17

PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) protocol, 214, 217, 244

pinfo data structure, 401, 434

pkgadd command, 83, 104, 108, 123

pkginfo command, 108

pkgrm command, 108, 123

platforms

installing Ethereal on Red Hat Linux, 108–117

installing Ethereal on UNIX-based systems, 99–120, 122

installing Ethereal on Windows platforms, 91–99, 122

list for installing Ethereal, 76

portability issues, 482

plug-ins

About Plugins dialog box, 196–197

displaying installed list, 196–197

dissector list, 391

epan/plugins.h file, 396

plugins directory, 391

protocol dissectors as, 429, 434

plugins.h file, 396

pod2html, 386

pod2man, 386

Point-To-Point Protocol. See ppp keyword

Point-To-Point Protocol Daemon (pppd) logs, 44, 305

pop-up menus, 197–200

POP3 protocol, vulnerability to sniffers, 7

port keyword, 212

port mirroring. See ports, spanning

portability, 382

ports

capturing traffic, 212

spanning, 24, 25, 27

ppp keyword, 217

pppd logs, 44, 305

Preferences menu option, 148, 153–154

prefs.h file, 396

Prepare submenu, Analyze menu, 175

presentation layer, Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, 16

Print menu option, 137, 141–147

printing

help information, 202

packet information, 141–147

protocol trees, 143–146

version information, 202

process layer, DoD model, 18

programming languages. See C language; Perl; Visual C++

PromiScan, 30

Promisc.c tool, 31

promiscuous mode, 30, 31, 206

protocol dissectors, 240, 241, 245

protocol fields, 215–221, 230, 241

Protocol Hierarchy Statistics dialog box, 192–193

Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) protocol, 214, 217, 244

Protocol Tree Window

illustrated, 131, 132

overview, 128, 130–132

role of Information field, 128, 132, 136, 204, 205

using with Data View Window, 133

protocol trees

and no-value fields, 240–241

printing, 143–146

Protocol Tree Window overview, 128, 130–132

Tethereal display output, 267–269

protocols. See also Ethernet

displaying list, 196

Ethereal-supported, 44–46

glossary of names, 248–249

multiple occurrences per packet, 244–246

name resolution, 139–140

Supported Protocols dialog box, Help menu, 196

TCP/IP overview, 18–19

as tcpdump keywords, 213–214, 215, 217–218

vulnerability to sniffers, 7

proto_tree functions, 413–414

proto_tree_add functions, 404–406, 417

Python, 385, 386

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