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 **General Information** **General Information**
  
-Capturing/reading packets with tcpdump+Capturing and reading packets with tcpdump.
  
 **Checklist** **Checklist**
-  * tcpdump package installed+  * Distro(s): Any 
 +  * Package: tcpdump 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +====== Install Package ====== 
 + 
 +Install tcpdump 
 +<code bash> 
 +yum -y install tcpdump 
 +</code>
  
 ---- ----
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 This type of capture is intended for collecting packets for an extended period of time and limiting how much disk space is used. This type of capture is intended for collecting packets for an extended period of time and limiting how much disk space is used.
  
 +\\
 +Start the capture (and initial output)
 <code bash> <code bash>
 tcpdump port 80 -s 0 -vvv -C 100 -W 50 -w /tmp/mycapture.pcap tcpdump port 80 -s 0 -vvv -C 100 -W 50 -w /tmp/mycapture.pcap
 +
 +tcpdump: listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
 </code> </code>
  
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 100 MB per file x 50 rollover files = 5000 MB total disk space used. 100 MB per file x 50 rollover files = 5000 MB total disk space used.
 +
 +\\
 +Stop the capture (and example output seen)
 +<code bash>
 +Ctrl+c
 +
 +^C313 packets captured
 +314 packets received by filter
 +0 packets dropped by kernel
 +</code>
  
 ---- ----
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 <code bash> <code bash>
-tcpdump -qn -nn -X -r /tmp/mycapture.pcap0+tcpdump -qnnnX -r /tmp/mycapture.pcap0
 </code> </code>
  
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   * -n : Do not convert IP addresses to host names   * -n : Do not convert IP addresses to host names
   * -nn : Do not convert protocol and port numbers to names   * -nn : Do not convert protocol and port numbers to names
-  * -X : Print in hex and ASCII+  * -X : Print data in addition to headers. Print in hex and ASCII.
   * -r : Read packets from file   * -r : Read packets from file
  
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