[Ethereal-dev] Idea for ethereal

[Don Lafontaine <lafont02@xxxxx>]

Hi folks

It would be a real handy addition to add client/server capture 
functionality to ethereal.

Write a small footprint capture daemon/service that can be started by a 
remote ethereal client.  It captures packets until told to stop.  At 
that point, the client (ethereal) downloads the captured data and 
presents it for the user to peruse.  This daemon/service will remain 
dormant until called into service,  it needs to use as little resources 
as possible when not in use.  One little form can list all the available 
daemon/services and the user can click one or more. If more than one are 
chosen,  ethereal can be made to match up the packets so you can see 
both sides of the conversations from each side of the wire. This will 
give you latency/delay/drops if you match them up properly.

Just an idle thought,  what do you think?

Don Lafontaine