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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 5

From: Mike Upton <mikeupton26@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:17:23 -0700
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo42/mikeupton31/etherdetect.jpg

when you click on the data tab, you see the raw info without dots. This is useful for copy/pasting something like, say, the Yahoo protocol, and using it to sign in. The comp im on right now seems to have a few viruses, btw. (my mom's pc)


> is there a way to just shut off the dots in wireshark when it shows you the contents of a packet, and just show the raw data in a format similar to what ether detect does by default? www.etherdetect.com
>
> for example, (this is gibberish dont bother decoding) fouiwegbfvwe723snn@@
>
> instead of
>
> f..o.u....i.w.e....gbfv....w.e.7..2.3...s.n.n@@
>
> i hope you know what i'm talking about. yes, im a beginner at this and it shows, but i will, in the words of Monty Python "get better."
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> From: "Abhik Sarkar" <sarkar.abhik@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] display of packets
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> Hi Mike,
>
> Are you talking about the packet bytes pane or in the dialog which
> shows up when you do "follow XYZ stream"?
>
> In the former case, it seems to be the same as EtherDetect...
> non-printable bytes are replaced by a period '.'. This is the case in
> practically every program which displays/edits hex streams.
>
> In the latter case, well, I don't think it is a good idea because it
> would not be an accurate 'representation' of the data, but that's
> just me. Perhaps someone else has a different opinion.
>
> Regards,
> Abhik.
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Mike Upton <mikeupton26@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > is there a way to just shut off the dots in wireshark when it shows you the
> > contents of a packet, and just show the raw data in a format similar to what
> > ether detect does by default? www.etherdetect.com
> >
> > for example, (this is gibberish dont bother decoding) fouiwegbfvwe723snn@@
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > f..o.u....i.w.e....gbfv....w.e.7..2.3...s.n.n@@
> >
> > i hope you know what i'm talking about. yes, im a beginner at this and it
> > shows, but i will, in the words of Monty Python "get better."
> >
> >
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