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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] compare packets in one file

From: "Boonie" <newsboonie@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:20:24 +0200

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----- Original Message ----- From: Riyas Hussain
To: wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 3:15 PM
Subject: [Wireshark-users] compare packets in one file

Hi..

I need is a small help/information in Wireshark.. I would like to compare
the incoming and outgoing packets, so what i would want is, if i've an option to compare Packet no. x and Packet No.y, and the result shows the Hex content
of both the packets, high-lighting the bytes that are different in both the
packets(clicking that Byte would show me, to which parameter does that byte
belong to in a message). Is this Option already available in Wireshark??..

Kindly Help..

Thanks & Regards,
Riyas
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Hi Riyas,

Have you looked at exporting the packets with the details?

file > export > file

After the export you can use a different program to compare the packets. I use totalcommander for it. It nicely highlights the differences between two (text) files.

Dave