snooping on linux

[ndr]

Tcpdump is good for this. I actually enjoy using snort as a sniffer
also. I like its output better. There are many freeware tools out there
to format the output how you would like. Check out freshmeat or
Packetstorm. Both have good archives of what is out there.

On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:53:26AM -0500, I am Spartacus wrote:
> there is a tool called "snoop" that i use under solaris which allows me 
> to monitor traffic in real-time between source and destination 
> addresses.  i know tcpdump works well under linux, but i'm not getting 
> exactly what i want out of it.  all i need is something that will give 
> me source and destination ip addresses, port, protocol and packet size. 
>  is tcpdump capable of this or, more preferably, has anyone ever seen a 
> linux build of snoop?
>