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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] The provenance of the phrase "Sniffing the glue that holds t

From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:18:52 +0200
On 04/09/2012 06:35 PM, Gerald Combs wrote:
On 4/6/12 11:56 AM, Guy Harris wrote:
Gerald, did you originally replace "A network protocol analyzer":

	http://web.archive.org/web/20010302055617/http://www.ethereal.com/

with "Sniffing the glue that holds the Internet together" as an April Fools' prank, and decide to keep it there?

That fits in with my dim recollections.


That's what sniffing glue does to you ;)

Nice piece of history. Got the T-shirt to prove it!

Thanks,
Jaap