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21. Install TCPDUMP

TCPDUMP is loaded by default in most modern Linux distributions. If it isn't installed, you can get it from the URL in Section 5

TCPDUMP--

- Download "libpcap" and do the following commands:


        "configure"
        "make" 
        "make install"
        "make install-man"
        "make install-incl"
        "cp libpcap/bpf/net/* /usr/include/net"

- Download "tcpdump" and do the following commands:


        "configure"
        "make"
        "make install"
        "make install-man"

- Now run "tcpdump" and watch it fly. Look at TCPDUMP's man page as you can send captures to a file, filter the traffic to only stuff you care upon based on source IP, destination IP, ports, UDP, TCP, etc.


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