Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] I just want to know whether there has been anyattempt to developed a web based ve

[naveenk <naveenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

vnc is not going to solve the problem because of two constraints
 vnc will require
     vnc client software on client side (this is a big limitation for remote
analysis)
     X on server side.
    while if we have web based ethereal both these things are not needed .
lately i have been doing some googling and found out that if ethereal can be
added to browser as a plugin then pcap (or any supported file) will open in
browser the way pdf file opens in browser when acrobat reader plugin is
present. This way people using any web based packet capturing software can
analyze the capture by ethereal just by clicking the pcap(or any supported)
file.



jjm@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > X would probably be a LOT more appropriate as the application itself
> > would simply be displayed on the remote systems using the same drawing
> > methods used to draw on the local console, and without sharing the
> > "entire desktop".  You can easily control user access to be able to run
> > Ethereal only.  If your clients run Unix-like systems (including Mac OS
> > X), you most likely already have an X server installed or run X-based
> > apps.
>
> Very true.  There is also a version of VNC that displays a single
> application.  VNC can be network intensive and/or slow depending on the
> encoding chosen and the line speed.  That said, it is a great tool.
>
> > X is by no means an ideal display protocol but one of its native
> > functions is to provide network-based GUI display.
> >
> > I'm not aware if there are any Browser-based X servers, though I doubt
> > it.
>
> Check out http://www.jcraft.com/weirdx/ for one such Java-based X server.
> I have not used the applet version, personally.  It is based on
> http://wiredx.net/services.php
>
> --john
>
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