The tools known as network sniffers are named after a product called the Sniffer Network Analyzer. Introduced in 1988 by Network General Corp. (now Network Associates Inc.), the Sniffer was one of the ...

Trying to understand every detail involved in creating an embedded product that communicates via Internet protocols can be a daunting task. These protocols were created for systems that generally have ...

Network Associates Inc. announced the Sniffer Network Protection Platform last week, which includes a new appliance and revisions of existing software that analysts said will push the vendor into a ...

Network General this week is set to announced a slew of product enhancements that the company says will take its portable and distributed troubleshooting tools to a whole new level. Company executives ...

A sniffer is a program/device that eavesdrops on network traffic and grabs information traveling over the network. Sniffers are basically data interception programs. They work because the Ethernet was ...

Network General’s Sniffer Portable was a bit difficult to install, but when we conquered the demons, we found that there have been numerous changes to the product. Network General’s Sniffer Portable ...

Organizations seeking a reliable ally to help defend the network should seriously consider enlisting Wireshark, a free, open source network protocol analyzer that has been around since 1998. Created ...