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23 .TH TCPDUMP 1 "30 June 1997"
25 tcpdump \- dump traffic on a network
79 \fITcpdump\fP prints out the headers of packets on a network interface
80 that match the boolean \fIexpression\fP.
82 .B Under SunOS with nit or bpf:
85 you must have read access to
89 .B Under Solaris with dlpi:
90 You must have read access to the network pseudo device, e.g.
92 .B Under HP-UX with dlpi:
93 You must be root or it must be installed setuid to root.
94 .B Under IRIX with snoop:
95 You must be root or it must be installed setuid to root.
97 You must be root or it must be installed setuid to root.
98 .B Under Ultrix and Digital UNIX:
99 Once the super-user has enabled promiscuous-mode operation using
104 You must have read access to
109 Attempt to convert network and broadcast addresses to names.
112 Exit after receiving \fIcount\fP packets.
115 Dump the compiled packet-matching code in a human readable form to
116 standard output and stop.
119 Dump packet-matching code as a
124 Dump packet-matching code as decimal numbers (preceded with a count).
127 Print the link-level header on each dump line.
130 Use \fIalgo:secret\fP for decrypting IPsec ESP packets. Algorithms may be
135 \fBcast128-cbc\fP, or
137 The default is \fBdes-cbc\fP.
138 The ability to decrypt packets is only present if \fItcpdump\fP was compiled
139 with cryptography enabled.
140 \fIsecret\fP the ascii text for ESP secret key.
141 We cannot take arbitrary binary value at this moment.
142 The option assumes RFC2406 ESP, not RFC1827 ESP.
143 The option is only for debugging purposes, and
144 the use of this option with truly `secret' key is discouraged.
145 By presenting IPsec secret key onto command line
146 you make it visible to others, via
151 Print `foreign' internet addresses numerically rather than symbolically
152 (this option is intended to get around serious brain damage in
153 Sun's yp server \(em usually it hangs forever translating non-local
157 Use \fIfile\fP as input for the filter expression.
158 An additional expression given on the command line is ignored.
161 Listen on \fIinterface\fP.
162 If unspecified, \fItcpdump\fP searches the system interface list for the
163 lowest numbered, configured up interface (excluding loopback).
164 Ties are broken by choosing the earliest match.
167 Make stdout line buffered. Useful if you want to see the data
168 while capturing it. E.g.,
170 ``tcpdump\ \ \-l\ \ |\ \ tee dat'' or
171 ``tcpdump\ \ \-l \ \ > dat\ \ &\ \ tail\ \ \-f\ \ dat''.
174 Don't convert addresses (i.e., host addresses, port numbers, etc.) to names.
177 Don't print domain name qualification of host names. E.g.,
178 if you give this flag then \fItcpdump\fP will print ``nic''
179 instead of ``nic.ddn.mil''.
182 Load SMI MIB module definitions from file \fImodule\fR. This option
183 can be used several times to load several MIB modules into \fItcpdump\fP.
186 Do not run the packet-matching code optimizer. This is useful only
187 if you suspect a bug in the optimizer.
190 \fIDon't\fP put the interface
191 into promiscuous mode. Note that the interface might be in promiscuous
192 mode for some other reason; hence, `-p' cannot be used as an abbreviation for
193 `ether host {local-hw-addr} or ether broadcast'.
196 Quick (quiet?) output. Print less protocol information so output
200 Read packets from \fIfile\fR (which was created with the -w option).
201 Standard input is used if \fIfile\fR is ``-''.
204 Snarf \fIsnaplen\fP bytes of data from each packet rather than the
205 default of 68 (with SunOS's NIT, the minimum is actually 96).
206 68 bytes is adequate for IP, ICMP, TCP
207 and UDP but may truncate protocol information from name server and NFS
208 packets (see below). Packets truncated because of a limited snapshot
209 are indicated in the output with ``[|\fIproto\fP]'', where \fIproto\fP
210 is the name of the protocol level at which the truncation has occurred.
211 Note that taking larger snapshots both increases
212 the amount of time it takes to process packets and, effectively,
213 decreases the amount of packet buffering. This may cause packets to be
214 lost. You should limit \fIsnaplen\fP to the smallest number that will
215 capture the protocol information you're interested in. Setting
216 \fIsnaplen\fP to 0 means use the required length to catch whole packets.
219 Force packets selected by "\fIexpression\fP" to be interpreted the
220 specified \fItype\fR. Currently known types are
221 \fBcnfp\fR (Cisco NetFlow protocol),
222 \fBrpc\fR (Remote Procedure Call),
223 \fBrtp\fR (Real-Time Applications protocol),
224 \fBrtcp\fR (Real-Time Applications control protocol),
225 \fBsnmp\fR (Simple Network Management Protocol),
226 \fBvat\fR (Visual Audio Tool),
228 \fBwb\fR (distributed White Board).
231 Assume ESP/AH packets to be based on old specification (RFC1825 to RFC1829).
232 If specified, \fItcpdump\fP will not print replay prevention field.
233 Since there is no protocol version field in ESP/AH specification,
234 \fItcpdump\fP cannot deduce the version of ESP/AH protocol.
237 Print absolute, rather than relative, TCP sequence numbers.
240 \fIDon't\fP print a timestamp on each dump line.
243 Print an unformatted timestamp on each dump line.
246 (Slightly more) verbose output. For example, the time to live,
247 identification, total length and options in an IP packet are printed.
248 Also enables additional packet integrity checks such as verifying the
249 IP and ICMP header checksum.
252 Even more verbose output. For example, additional fields are
253 printed from NFS reply packets.
256 Even more verbose output. For example,
257 telnet \fBSB\fP ... \fBSE\fP options
258 are printed in full. With
260 telnet options are printed in hex as well.
263 Write the raw packets to \fIfile\fR rather than parsing and printing
264 them out. They can later be printed with the \-r option.
265 Standard output is used if \fIfile\fR is ``-''.
268 Print each packet (minus its link level header) in hex.
269 The smaller of the entire packet or
271 bytes will be printed.
274 When printing hex, print ascii too. Thus if
276 is also set, the packet is printed in hex/ascii.
277 This is very handy for analysing new protocols.
280 is not also set, some parts of some packets may be printed
282 .IP "\fI expression\fP"
284 selects which packets will be dumped. If no \fIexpression\fP
285 is given, all packets on the net will be dumped. Otherwise,
286 only packets for which \fIexpression\fP is `true' will be dumped.
288 The \fIexpression\fP consists of one or more
290 Primitives usually consist of an
292 (name or number) preceded by one or more qualifiers. There are three
293 different kinds of qualifier:
295 qualifiers say what kind of thing the id name or number refers to.
301 E.g., `host foo', `net 128.3', `port 20'. If there is no type
306 qualifiers specify a particular transfer direction to and/or from
308 Possible directions are
315 E.g., `src foo', `dst net 128.3', `src or dst port ftp-data'. If
316 there is no dir qualifier,
319 For `null' link layers (i.e. point to point protocols such as slip) the
323 qualifiers can be used to specify a desired direction.
325 qualifiers restrict the match to a particular protocol. Possible
338 E.g., `ether src foo', `arp net 128.3', `tcp port 21'. If there is
339 no proto qualifier, all protocols consistent with the type are
340 assumed. E.g., `src foo' means `(ip or arp or rarp) src foo'
341 (except the latter is not legal syntax), `net bar' means `(ip or
342 arp or rarp) net bar' and `port 53' means `(tcp or udp) port 53'.
344 [`fddi' is actually an alias for `ether'; the parser treats them
345 identically as meaning ``the data link level used on the specified
346 network interface.'' FDDI headers contain Ethernet-like source
347 and destination addresses, and often contain Ethernet-like packet
348 types, so you can filter on these FDDI fields just as with the
349 analogous Ethernet fields. FDDI headers also contain other fields,
350 but you cannot name them explicitly in a filter expression.
352 Similarly, `tr' is an alias for `ether'; the previous paragraph's
353 statements about FDDI headers also apply to Token Ring headers.]
355 In addition to the above, there are some special `primitive' keywords
356 that don't follow the pattern:
361 and arithmetic expressions. All of these are described below.
363 More complex filter expressions are built up by using the words
368 to combine primitives. E.g., `host foo and not port ftp and not port ftp-data'.
369 To save typing, identical qualifier lists can be omitted. E.g.,
370 `tcp dst port ftp or ftp-data or domain' is exactly the same as
371 `tcp dst port ftp or tcp dst port ftp-data or tcp dst port domain'.
373 Allowable primitives are:
374 .IP "\fBdst host \fIhost\fR"
375 True if the IPv4/v6 destination field of the packet is \fIhost\fP,
376 which may be either an address or a name.
377 .IP "\fBsrc host \fIhost\fR"
378 True if the IPv4/v6 source field of the packet is \fIhost\fP.
379 .IP "\fBhost \fIhost\fP
380 True if either the IPv4/v6 source or destination of the packet is \fIhost\fP.
381 Any of the above host expressions can be prepended with the keywords,
382 \fBip\fP, \fBarp\fP, \fBrarp\fP, or \fBip6\fP as in:
385 \fBip host \fIhost\fR
388 which is equivalent to:
391 \fBether proto \fI\\ip\fB and host \fIhost\fR
394 If \fIhost\fR is a name with multiple IP addresses, each address will
395 be checked for a match.
396 .IP "\fBether dst \fIehost\fP
397 True if the ethernet destination address is \fIehost\fP. \fIEhost\fP
398 may be either a name from /etc/ethers or a number (see
401 .IP "\fBether src \fIehost\fP
402 True if the ethernet source address is \fIehost\fP.
403 .IP "\fBether host \fIehost\fP
404 True if either the ethernet source or destination address is \fIehost\fP.
405 .IP "\fBgateway\fP \fIhost\fP
406 True if the packet used \fIhost\fP as a gateway. I.e., the ethernet
407 source or destination address was \fIhost\fP but neither the IP source
408 nor the IP destination was \fIhost\fP. \fIHost\fP must be a name and
409 must be found in both /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers. (An equivalent
413 \fBether host \fIehost \fBand not host \fIhost\fR
416 which can be used with either names or numbers for \fIhost / ehost\fP.)
417 This syntax does not work in IPv6-enabled configuration at this moment.
418 .IP "\fBdst net \fInet\fR"
419 True if the IPv4/v6 destination address of the packet has a network
420 number of \fInet\fP. \fINet\fP may be either a name from /etc/networks
421 or a network number (see \fInetworks(4)\fP for details).
422 .IP "\fBsrc net \fInet\fR"
423 True if the IPv4/v6 source address of the packet has a network
425 .IP "\fBnet \fInet\fR"
426 True if either the IPv4/v6 source or destination address of the packet has a network
428 .IP "\fBnet \fInet\fR \fBmask \fImask\fR"
429 True if the IP address matches \fInet\fR with the specific netmask.
430 May be qualified with \fBsrc\fR or \fBdst\fR.
431 Note that this syntax is not valid for IPv6 \fInet\fR.
432 .IP "\fBnet \fInet\fR/\fIlen\fR"
433 True if the IPv4/v6 address matches \fInet\fR a netmask \fIlen\fR bits wide.
434 May be qualified with \fBsrc\fR or \fBdst\fR.
435 .IP "\fBdst port \fIport\fR"
436 True if the packet is ip/tcp, ip/udp, ip6/tcp or ip6/udp and has a
437 destination port value of \fIport\fP.
438 The \fIport\fP can be a number or a name used in /etc/services (see
442 If a name is used, both the port
443 number and protocol are checked. If a number or ambiguous name is used,
444 only the port number is checked (e.g., \fBdst port 513\fR will print both
445 tcp/login traffic and udp/who traffic, and \fBport domain\fR will print
446 both tcp/domain and udp/domain traffic).
447 .IP "\fBsrc port \fIport\fR"
448 True if the packet has a source port value of \fIport\fP.
449 .IP "\fBport \fIport\fR"
450 True if either the source or destination port of the packet is \fIport\fP.
451 Any of the above port expressions can be prepended with the keywords,
452 \fBtcp\fP or \fBudp\fP, as in:
455 \fBtcp src port \fIport\fR
458 which matches only tcp packets whose source port is \fIport\fP.
459 .IP "\fBless \fIlength\fR"
460 True if the packet has a length less than or equal to \fIlength\fP.
461 This is equivalent to:
464 \fBlen <= \fIlength\fP.
467 .IP "\fBgreater \fIlength\fR"
468 True if the packet has a length greater than or equal to \fIlength\fP.
469 This is equivalent to:
472 \fBlen >= \fIlength\fP.
475 .IP "\fBip proto \fIprotocol\fR"
476 True if the packet is an IP packet (see
478 of protocol type \fIprotocol\fP.
479 \fIProtocol\fP can be a number or one of the names
480 \fIicmp\fP, \fIicmp6\fP, \fIigmp\fP, \fIigrp\fP, \fIpim\fP, \fIah\fP,
481 \fIesp\fP, \fIudp\fP, or \fItcp\fP.
482 Note that the identifiers \fItcp\fP, \fIudp\fP, and \fIicmp\fP are also
483 keywords and must be escaped via backslash (\\), which is \\\\ in the C-shell.
484 Note that this primitive does not chase protocol header chain.
485 .IP "\fBip6 proto \fIprotocol\fR"
486 True if the packet is an IPv6 packet of protocol type \fIprotocol\fP.
487 Note that this primitive does not chase protocol header chain.
488 .IP "\fBip6 protochain \fIprotocol\fR"
489 True if the packet is IPv6 packet,
490 and contains protocol header with type \fIprotocol\fR
491 in its protocol header chain.
495 \fBip6 protochain 6\fR
498 matches any IPv6 packet with TCP protocol header in the protocol header chain.
499 The packet may contain, for example,
500 authentication header, routing header, or hop-by-hop option header,
501 between IPv6 header and TCP header.
502 The BPF code emitted by this primitive is complex and
503 cannot be optimized by BPF optimizer code in \fItcpdump\fP,
504 so this can be somewhat slow.
505 .IP "\fBip protochain \fIprotocol\fR"
506 Equivalent to \fBip6 protochain \fIprotocol\fR, but this is for IPv4.
507 .IP "\fBether broadcast\fR"
508 True if the packet is an ethernet broadcast packet. The \fIether\fP
510 .IP "\fBip broadcast\fR"
511 True if the packet is an IP broadcast packet. It checks for both
512 the all-zeroes and all-ones broadcast conventions, and looks up
513 the local subnet mask.
514 .IP "\fBether multicast\fR"
515 True if the packet is an ethernet multicast packet. The \fIether\fP
517 This is shorthand for `\fBether[0] & 1 != 0\fP'.
518 .IP "\fBip multicast\fR"
519 True if the packet is an IP multicast packet.
520 .IP "\fBip6 multicast\fR"
521 True if the packet is an IPv6 multicast packet.
522 .IP "\fBether proto \fIprotocol\fR"
523 True if the packet is of ether type \fIprotocol\fR.
524 \fIProtocol\fP can be a number or one of the names
525 \fIip\fP, \fIip6\fP, \fIarp\fP, \fIrarp\fP, \fIatalk\fP, \fIaarp\fP,
526 \fIdecnet\fP, \fIsca\fP, \fIlat\fP, \fImopdl\fP, \fImoprc\fP, or
528 Note these identifiers are also keywords
529 and must be escaped via backslash (\\).
530 [In the case of FDDI (e.g., `\fBfddi protocol arp\fR'), the
531 protocol identification comes from the 802.2 Logical Link Control
532 (LLC) header, which is usually layered on top of the FDDI header.
533 \fITcpdump\fP assumes, when filtering on the protocol identifier,
534 that all FDDI packets include an LLC header, and that the LLC header
535 is in so-called SNAP format. The same applies to Token Ring.]
536 .IP "\fBdecnet src \fIhost\fR"
537 True if the DECNET source address is
539 which may be an address of the form ``10.123'', or a DECNET host
540 name. [DECNET host name support is only available on Ultrix systems
541 that are configured to run DECNET.]
542 .IP "\fBdecnet dst \fIhost\fR"
543 True if the DECNET destination address is
545 .IP "\fBdecnet host \fIhost\fR"
546 True if either the DECNET source or destination address is
548 .IP "\fBip\fR, \fBip6\fR, \fBarp\fR, \fBrarp\fR, \fBatalk\fR, \fBaarp\fR, \fBdecnet\fR, \fBiso\fR"
552 \fBether proto \fIp\fR
555 where \fIp\fR is one of the above protocols.
556 .IP "\fBlat\fR, \fBmoprc\fR, \fBmopdl\fR"
560 \fBether proto \fIp\fR
563 where \fIp\fR is one of the above protocols.
565 \fItcpdump\fP does not currently know how to parse these protocols.
566 .IP "\fBvlan \fI[vlan_id]\fR"
567 True if the packet is an IEEE 802.1Q VLAN packet.
568 If \fI[vlan_id]\fR is specified, only true is the packet has the specified
570 Note that the first \fBvlan\fR keyword encountered in \fIexpression\fR
571 changes the decoding offsets for the remainder of \fIexpression\fR
572 on the assumption that the packet is a VLAN packet.
573 .IP "\fBtcp\fR, \fBudp\fR, \fBicmp\fR"
577 \fBip proto \fIp\fR\fB or ip6 proto \fIp\fR
580 where \fIp\fR is one of the above protocols.
581 .IP "\fBiso proto \fIprotocol\fR"
582 True if the packet is an OSI packet of protocol type \fIprotocol\fP.
583 \fIProtocol\fP can be a number or one of the names
584 \fIclnp\fP, \fIesis\fP, or \fIisis\fP.
585 .IP "\fBclnp\fR, \fBesis\fR, \fBisis\fR"
592 where \fIp\fR is one of the above protocols.
593 Note that \fItcpdump\fR does an incomplete job of parsing these protocols.
594 .IP "\fIexpr relop expr\fR"
595 True if the relation holds, where \fIrelop\fR is one of >, <, >=, <=, =, !=,
596 and \fIexpr\fR is an arithmetic expression composed of integer constants
597 (expressed in standard C syntax), the normal binary operators
598 [+, -, *, /, &, |], a length operator, and special packet data accessors.
600 data inside the packet, use the following syntax:
603 \fIproto\fB [ \fIexpr\fB : \fIsize\fB ]\fR
606 \fIProto\fR is one of \fBether, fddi, tr,
607 ip, arp, rarp, tcp, udp, icmp\fR or \fBip6\fR, and
608 indicates the protocol layer for the index operation.
609 Note that \fItcp, udp\fR and other upper-layer protocol types only
610 apply to IPv4, not IPv6 (this will be fixed in the future).
611 The byte offset, relative to the indicated protocol layer, is
613 \fISize\fR is optional and indicates the number of bytes in the
614 field of interest; it can be either one, two, or four, and defaults to one.
615 The length operator, indicated by the keyword \fBlen\fP, gives the
616 length of the packet.
618 For example, `\fBether[0] & 1 != 0\fP' catches all multicast traffic.
619 The expression `\fBip[0] & 0xf != 5\fP'
620 catches all IP packets with options. The expression
621 `\fBip[6:2] & 0x1fff = 0\fP'
622 catches only unfragmented datagrams and frag zero of fragmented datagrams.
623 This check is implicitly applied to the \fBtcp\fP and \fBudp\fP
625 For instance, \fBtcp[0]\fP always means the first
626 byte of the TCP \fIheader\fP, and never means the first byte of an
627 intervening fragment.
629 Primitives may be combined using:
631 A parenthesized group of primitives and operators
632 (parentheses are special to the Shell and must be escaped).
634 Negation (`\fB!\fP' or `\fBnot\fP').
636 Concatenation (`\fB&&\fP' or `\fBand\fP').
638 Alternation (`\fB||\fP' or `\fBor\fP').
640 Negation has highest precedence.
641 Alternation and concatenation have equal precedence and associate
642 left to right. Note that explicit \fBand\fR tokens, not juxtaposition,
643 are now required for concatenation.
645 If an identifier is given without a keyword, the most recent keyword
650 \fBnot host vs and ace\fR
656 \fBnot host vs and host ace\fR
659 which should not be confused with
662 \fBnot ( host vs or ace )\fR
666 Expression arguments can be passed to \fItcpdump\fP as either a single
667 argument or as multiple arguments, whichever is more convenient.
668 Generally, if the expression contains Shell metacharacters, it is
669 easier to pass it as a single, quoted argument.
670 Multiple arguments are concatenated with spaces before being parsed.
673 To print all packets arriving at or departing from \fIsundown\fP:
676 \fBtcpdump host sundown\fP
680 To print traffic between \fIhelios\fR and either \fIhot\fR or \fIace\fR:
683 \fBtcpdump host helios and \\( hot or ace \\)\fP
687 To print all IP packets between \fIace\fR and any host except \fIhelios\fR:
690 \fBtcpdump ip host ace and not helios\fP
694 To print all traffic between local hosts and hosts at Berkeley:
698 tcpdump net ucb-ether
702 To print all ftp traffic through internet gateway \fIsnup\fP:
703 (note that the expression is quoted to prevent the shell from
704 (mis-)interpreting the parentheses):
708 tcpdump 'gateway snup and (port ftp or ftp-data)'
712 To print traffic neither sourced from nor destined for local hosts
713 (if you gateway to one other net, this stuff should never make it
714 onto your local net).
718 tcpdump ip and not net \fIlocalnet\fP
722 To print the start and end packets (the SYN and FIN packets) of each
723 TCP conversation that involves a non-local host.
727 tcpdump 'tcp[13] & 3 != 0 and not src and dst net \fIlocalnet\fP'
731 To print IP packets longer than 576 bytes sent through gateway \fIsnup\fP:
735 tcpdump 'gateway snup and ip[2:2] > 576'
739 To print IP broadcast or multicast packets that were
741 sent via ethernet broadcast or multicast:
745 tcpdump 'ether[0] & 1 = 0 and ip[16] >= 224'
749 To print all ICMP packets that are not echo requests/replies (i.e., not
754 tcpdump 'icmp[0] != 8 and icmp[0] != 0'
759 The output of \fItcpdump\fP is protocol dependent. The following
760 gives a brief description and examples of most of the formats.
768 If the '-e' option is given, the link level header is printed out.
769 On ethernets, the source and destination addresses, protocol,
770 and packet length are printed.
772 On FDDI networks, the '-e' option causes \fItcpdump\fP to print
773 the `frame control' field, the source and destination addresses,
774 and the packet length. (The `frame control' field governs the
775 interpretation of the rest of the packet. Normal packets (such
776 as those containing IP datagrams) are `async' packets, with a priority
777 value between 0 and 7; for example, `\fBasync4\fR'. Such packets
778 are assumed to contain an 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) packet;
779 the LLC header is printed if it is \fInot\fR an ISO datagram or a
780 so-called SNAP packet.
782 On Token Ring networks, the '-e' option causes \fItcpdump\fP to print
783 the `access control' and `frame control' fields, the source and
784 destination addresses, and the packet length. As on FDDI networks,
785 packets are assumed to contain an LLC packet. Regardless of whether
786 the '-e' option is specified or not, the source routing information is
787 printed for source-routed packets.
789 \fI(N.B.: The following description assumes familiarity with
790 the SLIP compression algorithm described in RFC-1144.)\fP
792 On SLIP links, a direction indicator (``I'' for inbound, ``O'' for outbound),
793 packet type, and compression information are printed out.
794 The packet type is printed first.
795 The three types are \fIip\fP, \fIutcp\fP, and \fIctcp\fP.
796 No further link information is printed for \fIip\fR packets.
797 For TCP packets, the connection identifier is printed following the type.
798 If the packet is compressed, its encoded header is printed out.
799 The special cases are printed out as
800 \fB*S+\fIn\fR and \fB*SA+\fIn\fR, where \fIn\fR is the amount by which
801 the sequence number (or sequence number and ack) has changed.
802 If it is not a special case,
803 zero or more changes are printed.
804 A change is indicated by U (urgent pointer), W (window), A (ack),
805 S (sequence number), and I (packet ID), followed by a delta (+n or -n),
807 Finally, the amount of data in the packet and compressed header length
810 For example, the following line shows an outbound compressed TCP packet,
811 with an implicit connection identifier; the ack has changed by 6,
812 the sequence number by 49, and the packet ID by 6; there are 3 bytes of
813 data and 6 bytes of compressed header:
816 \fBO ctcp * A+6 S+49 I+6 3 (6)\fP
822 Arp/rarp output shows the type of request and its arguments. The
823 format is intended to be self explanatory.
824 Here is a short sample taken from the start of an `rlogin' from
825 host \fIrtsg\fP to host \fIcsam\fP:
829 \f(CWarp who-has csam tell rtsg
830 arp reply csam is-at CSAM\fR
834 The first line says that rtsg sent an arp packet asking
835 for the ethernet address of internet host csam. Csam
836 replies with its ethernet address (in this example, ethernet addresses
837 are in caps and internet addresses in lower case).
839 This would look less redundant if we had done \fBtcpdump \-n\fP:
843 \f(CWarp who-has 128.3.254.6 tell 128.3.254.68
844 arp reply 128.3.254.6 is-at 02:07:01:00:01:c4\fP
848 If we had done \fBtcpdump \-e\fP, the fact that the first packet is
849 broadcast and the second is point-to-point would be visible:
853 \f(CWRTSG Broadcast 0806 64: arp who-has csam tell rtsg
854 CSAM RTSG 0806 64: arp reply csam is-at CSAM\fR
858 For the first packet this says the ethernet source address is RTSG, the
859 destination is the ethernet broadcast address, the type field
860 contained hex 0806 (type ETHER_ARP) and the total length was 64 bytes.
864 \fI(N.B.:The following description assumes familiarity with
865 the TCP protocol described in RFC-793. If you are not familiar
866 with the protocol, neither this description nor \fItcpdump\fP will
867 be of much use to you.)\fP
869 The general format of a tcp protocol line is:
873 \fIsrc > dst: flags data-seqno ack window urgent options\fP
877 \fISrc\fP and \fIdst\fP are the source and destination IP
878 addresses and ports. \fIFlags\fP are some combination of S (SYN),
879 F (FIN), P (PUSH) or R (RST) or a single `.' (no flags).
880 \fIData-seqno\fP describes the portion of sequence space covered
881 by the data in this packet (see example below).
882 \fIAck\fP is sequence number of the next data expected the other
883 direction on this connection.
884 \fIWindow\fP is the number of bytes of receive buffer space available
885 the other direction on this connection.
886 \fIUrg\fP indicates there is `urgent' data in the packet.
887 \fIOptions\fP are tcp options enclosed in angle brackets (e.g., <mss 1024>).
889 \fISrc, dst\fP and \fIflags\fP are always present. The other fields
890 depend on the contents of the packet's tcp protocol header and
891 are output only if appropriate.
893 Here is the opening portion of an rlogin from host \fIrtsg\fP to
898 \s-2\f(CWrtsg.1023 > csam.login: S 768512:768512(0) win 4096 <mss 1024>
899 csam.login > rtsg.1023: S 947648:947648(0) ack 768513 win 4096 <mss 1024>
900 rtsg.1023 > csam.login: . ack 1 win 4096
901 rtsg.1023 > csam.login: P 1:2(1) ack 1 win 4096
902 csam.login > rtsg.1023: . ack 2 win 4096
903 rtsg.1023 > csam.login: P 2:21(19) ack 1 win 4096
904 csam.login > rtsg.1023: P 1:2(1) ack 21 win 4077
905 csam.login > rtsg.1023: P 2:3(1) ack 21 win 4077 urg 1
906 csam.login > rtsg.1023: P 3:4(1) ack 21 win 4077 urg 1\fR\s+2
910 The first line says that tcp port 1023 on rtsg sent a packet
912 on csam. The \fBS\fP indicates that the \fISYN\fP flag was set.
913 The packet sequence number was 768512 and it contained no data.
914 (The notation is `first:last(nbytes)' which means `sequence
916 up to but not including \fIlast\fP which is \fInbytes\fP bytes of user data'.)
917 There was no piggy-backed ack, the available receive window was 4096
918 bytes and there was a max-segment-size option requesting an mss of
921 Csam replies with a similar packet except it includes a piggy-backed
922 ack for rtsg's SYN. Rtsg then acks csam's SYN. The `.' means no
924 The packet contained no data so there is no data sequence number.
925 Note that the ack sequence
926 number is a small integer (1). The first time \fItcpdump\fP sees a
927 tcp `conversation', it prints the sequence number from the packet.
928 On subsequent packets of the conversation, the difference between
929 the current packet's sequence number and this initial sequence number
930 is printed. This means that sequence numbers after the
931 first can be interpreted
932 as relative byte positions in the conversation's data stream (with the
933 first data byte each direction being `1'). `-S' will override this
934 feature, causing the original sequence numbers to be output.
936 On the 6th line, rtsg sends csam 19 bytes of data (bytes 2 through 20
937 in the rtsg \(-> csam side of the conversation).
938 The PUSH flag is set in the packet.
939 On the 7th line, csam says it's received data sent by rtsg up to
940 but not including byte 21. Most of this data is apparently sitting in the
941 socket buffer since csam's receive window has gotten 19 bytes smaller.
942 Csam also sends one byte of data to rtsg in this packet.
943 On the 8th and 9th lines,
944 csam sends two bytes of urgent, pushed data to rtsg.
946 If the snapshot was small enough that \fItcpdump\fP didn't capture
947 the full TCP header, it interprets as much of the header as it can
948 and then reports ``[|\fItcp\fP]'' to indicate the remainder could not
949 be interpreted. If the header contains a bogus option (one with a length
950 that's either too small or beyond the end of the header), \fItcpdump\fP
951 reports it as ``[\fIbad opt\fP]'' and does not interpret any further
952 options (since it's impossible to tell where they start). If the header
953 length indicates options are present but the IP datagram length is not
954 long enough for the options to actually be there, \fItcpdump\fP reports
955 it as ``[\fIbad hdr length\fP]''.
957 .B Capturing TCP packets with particular flag combinations (SYN-ACK, URG-ACK, etc.)
959 There are 6 bits in the control bits section of the TCP header:
961 .I URG | ACK | PSH | RST | SYN | FIN
963 Let's assume that we want to watch packets used in establishing
964 a TCP connection. Recall that TCP uses a 3-way handshake protocol
965 when it initializes a new connection; the connection sequence with
966 regard to the TCP control bits is
972 2) Recipient responds with SYN, ACK
978 Now we're interested in capturing packets that have only the
979 SYN bit set (Step 1). Note that we don't want packets from step 2
980 (SYN-ACK), just a plain initial SYN. What we need is a correct filter
981 expression for \fItcpdump\fP.
983 Recall the structure of a TCP header without options:
987 -----------------------------------------------------------------
988 | source port | destination port |
989 -----------------------------------------------------------------
991 -----------------------------------------------------------------
992 | acknowledgment number |
993 -----------------------------------------------------------------
994 | HL | reserved |U|A|P|R|S|F| window size |
995 -----------------------------------------------------------------
996 | TCP checksum | urgent pointer |
997 -----------------------------------------------------------------
1000 A TCP header usually holds 20 octets of data, unless options are
1001 present. The fist line of the graph contains octets 0 - 3, the
1002 second line shows octets 4 - 7 etc.
1004 Starting to count with 0, the relevant TCP control bits are contained
1009 ----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------
1010 | HL | reserved |U|A|P|R|S|F| window size |
1011 ----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------
1012 | | 13th octet | | |
1015 Let's have a closer look at octet no. 13:
1025 We see that this octet contains 2 bytes from the reserved field.
1026 According to RFC 793 this field is reserved for future use and must
1027 be 0. The remaining 6 bits are the TCP control bits we are interested
1028 in. We have numbered the bits in this octet from 0 to 7, right to
1029 left, so the PSH bit is bit number 3, while the URG bit is number 5.
1031 Recall that we want to capture packets with only SYN set.
1032 Let's see what happens to octet 13 if a TCP datagram arrives
1033 with the SYN bit set in its header:
1043 We already mentioned that bits number 7 and 6 belong to the
1044 reserved field, so they must must be 0. Looking at the
1045 control bits section we see that only bit number 1 (SYN) is set.
1047 Assuming that octet number 13 is an 8-bit unsigned integer in
1048 network byte order, the binary value of this octet is
1052 and its decimal representation is
1056 0*2 + 0*2 + 0*2 + 0*2 + 0*2 + 0*2 + 1*2 + 0*2 = 2
1059 We're almost done, because now we know that if only SYN is set,
1060 the value of the 13th octet in the TCP header, when interpreted
1061 as a 8-bit unsigned integer in network byte order, must be exactly 2.
1063 This relationship can be expressed as
1069 We can use this expression as the filter for \fItcpdump\fP in order
1070 to watch packets which have only SYN set:
1073 tcpdump -i xl0 tcp[13] == 2
1076 The expression says "let the 13th octet of a TCP datagram have
1077 the decimal value 2", which is exactly what we want.
1079 Now, let's assume that we need to capture SYN packets, but we
1080 don't care if ACK or any other TCP control bit is set at the
1081 same time. Let's see what happens to octet 13 when a TCP datagram
1082 with SYN-ACK set arrives:
1092 Now bits 1 and 4 are set in the 13th octet. The binary value of
1097 which translates to decimal
1101 0*2 + 0*2 + 0*2 + 1*2 + 0*2 + 0*2 + 1*2 + 0*2 = 18
1104 Now we can't just use 'tcp[13] == 18' in the \fItcpdump\fP filter
1105 expression, because that would select only those packets that have
1106 SYN-ACK set, but not those with only SYN set. Remember that we don't care
1107 if ACK or any other control bit is set as long as SYN is set.
1109 In order to achieve our goal, we need to logically AND the
1110 binary value of octet 13 with some other value to preserve
1111 the SYN bit. We know that we want SYN to be set in any case,
1112 so we'll logically AND the value in the 13th octet with
1113 the binary value of a SYN:
1117 00010010 SYN-ACK 00000010 SYN
1118 AND 00000010 (we want SYN) AND 00000010 (we want SYN)
1120 = 00000010 = 00000010
1123 We see that this AND operation delivers the same result
1124 regardless whether ACK or another TCP control bit is set.
1125 The decimal representation of the AND value as well as
1126 the result of this operation is 2 (binary 00000010),
1127 so we know that for packets with SYN set the following
1128 relation must hold true:
1130 ( ( value of octet 13 ) AND ( 2 ) ) == ( 2 )
1132 This points us to the \fItcpdump\fP filter expression
1135 tcpdump -i xl0 'tcp[13] & 2 == 2'
1138 Note that you should use single quotes or a backslash
1139 in the expression to hide the AND ('&') special character
1145 UDP format is illustrated by this rwho packet:
1149 \f(CWactinide.who > broadcast.who: udp 84\fP
1153 This says that port \fIwho\fP on host \fIactinide\fP sent a udp
1154 datagram to port \fIwho\fP on host \fIbroadcast\fP, the Internet
1155 broadcast address. The packet contained 84 bytes of user data.
1157 Some UDP services are recognized (from the source or destination
1158 port number) and the higher level protocol information printed.
1159 In particular, Domain Name service requests (RFC-1034/1035) and Sun
1160 RPC calls (RFC-1050) to NFS.
1162 UDP Name Server Requests
1164 \fI(N.B.:The following description assumes familiarity with
1165 the Domain Service protocol described in RFC-1035. If you are not familiar
1166 with the protocol, the following description will appear to be written
1169 Name server requests are formatted as
1173 \fIsrc > dst: id op? flags qtype qclass name (len)\fP
1175 \f(CWh2opolo.1538 > helios.domain: 3+ A? ucbvax.berkeley.edu. (37)\fR
1179 Host \fIh2opolo\fP asked the domain server on \fIhelios\fP for an
1180 address record (qtype=A) associated with the name \fIucbvax.berkeley.edu.\fP
1181 The query id was `3'. The `+' indicates the \fIrecursion desired\fP flag
1182 was set. The query length was 37 bytes, not including the UDP and
1183 IP protocol headers. The query operation was the normal one, \fIQuery\fP,
1184 so the op field was omitted. If the op had been anything else, it would
1185 have been printed between the `3' and the `+'.
1186 Similarly, the qclass was the normal one,
1187 \fIC_IN\fP, and omitted. Any other qclass would have been printed
1188 immediately after the `A'.
1190 A few anomalies are checked and may result in extra fields enclosed in
1191 square brackets: If a query contains an answer, name server or
1197 are printed as `[\fIn\fPa]', `[\fIn\fPn]' or `[\fIn\fPau]' where \fIn\fP
1198 is the appropriate count.
1199 If any of the response bits are set (AA, RA or rcode) or any of the
1200 `must be zero' bits are set in bytes two and three, `[b2&3=\fIx\fP]'
1201 is printed, where \fIx\fP is the hex value of header bytes two and three.
1203 UDP Name Server Responses
1205 Name server responses are formatted as
1209 \fIsrc > dst: id op rcode flags a/n/au type class data (len)\fP
1211 \f(CWhelios.domain > h2opolo.1538: 3 3/3/7 A 128.32.137.3 (273)
1212 helios.domain > h2opolo.1537: 2 NXDomain* 0/1/0 (97)\fR
1216 In the first example, \fIhelios\fP responds to query id 3 from \fIh2opolo\fP
1217 with 3 answer records, 3 name server records and 7 authority records.
1218 The first answer record is type A (address) and its data is internet
1219 address 128.32.137.3. The total size of the response was 273 bytes,
1220 excluding UDP and IP headers. The op (Query) and response code
1221 (NoError) were omitted, as was the class (C_IN) of the A record.
1223 In the second example, \fIhelios\fP responds to query 2 with a
1224 response code of non-existent domain (NXDomain) with no answers,
1225 one name server and no authority records. The `*' indicates that
1226 the \fIauthoritative answer\fP bit was set. Since there were no
1227 answers, no type, class or data were printed.
1229 Other flag characters that might appear are `\-' (recursion available,
1230 RA, \fInot\fP set) and `|' (truncated message, TC, set). If the
1231 `question' section doesn't contain exactly one entry, `[\fIn\fPq]'
1234 Note that name server requests and responses tend to be large and the
1235 default \fIsnaplen\fP of 68 bytes may not capture enough of the packet
1236 to print. Use the \fB\-s\fP flag to increase the snaplen if you
1237 need to seriously investigate name server traffic. `\fB\-s 128\fP'
1238 has worked well for me.
1243 \fItcpdump\fP now includes fairly extensive SMB/CIFS/NBT decoding for data
1244 on UDP/137, UDP/138 and TCP/139. Some primitive decoding of IPX and
1245 NetBEUI SMB data is also done.
1247 By default a fairly minimal decode is done, with a much more detailed
1248 decode done if -v is used. Be warned that with -v a single SMB packet
1249 may take up a page or more, so only use -v if you really want all the
1252 If you are decoding SMB sessions containing unicode strings then you
1253 may wish to set the environment variable USE_UNICODE to 1. A patch to
1254 auto-detect unicode srings would be welcome.
1256 For information on SMB packet formats and what all te fields mean see
1257 www.cifs.org or the pub/samba/specs/ directory on your favourite
1258 samba.org mirror site. The SMB patches were written by Andrew Tridgell
1262 NFS Requests and Replies
1264 Sun NFS (Network File System) requests and replies are printed as:
1268 \fIsrc.xid > dst.nfs: len op args\fP
1269 \fIsrc.nfs > dst.xid: reply stat len op results\fP
1272 sushi.6709 > wrl.nfs: 112 readlink fh 21,24/10.73165
1273 wrl.nfs > sushi.6709: reply ok 40 readlink "../var"
1274 sushi.201b > wrl.nfs:
1275 144 lookup fh 9,74/4096.6878 "xcolors"
1276 wrl.nfs > sushi.201b:
1277 reply ok 128 lookup fh 9,74/4134.3150
1282 In the first line, host \fIsushi\fP sends a transaction with id \fI6709\fP
1283 to \fIwrl\fP (note that the number following the src host is a
1284 transaction id, \fInot\fP the source port). The request was 112 bytes,
1285 excluding the UDP and IP headers. The operation was a \fIreadlink\fP
1286 (read symbolic link) on file handle (\fIfh\fP) 21,24/10.731657119.
1287 (If one is lucky, as in this case, the file handle can be interpreted
1288 as a major,minor device number pair, followed by the inode number and
1290 \fIWrl\fP replies `ok' with the contents of the link.
1292 In the third line, \fIsushi\fP asks \fIwrl\fP to lookup the name
1293 `\fIxcolors\fP' in directory file 9,74/4096.6878. Note that the data printed
1294 depends on the operation type. The format is intended to be self
1295 explanatory if read in conjunction with
1296 an NFS protocol spec.
1298 If the \-v (verbose) flag is given, additional information is printed.
1304 sushi.1372a > wrl.nfs:
1305 148 read fh 21,11/12.195 8192 bytes @ 24576
1306 wrl.nfs > sushi.1372a:
1307 reply ok 1472 read REG 100664 ids 417/0 sz 29388
1312 (\-v also prints the IP header TTL, ID, length, and fragmentation fields,
1313 which have been omitted from this example.) In the first line,
1314 \fIsushi\fP asks \fIwrl\fP to read 8192 bytes from file 21,11/12.195,
1315 at byte offset 24576. \fIWrl\fP replies `ok'; the packet shown on the
1316 second line is the first fragment of the reply, and hence is only 1472
1317 bytes long (the other bytes will follow in subsequent fragments, but
1318 these fragments do not have NFS or even UDP headers and so might not be
1319 printed, depending on the filter expression used). Because the \-v flag
1320 is given, some of the file attributes (which are returned in addition
1321 to the file data) are printed: the file type (``REG'', for regular file),
1322 the file mode (in octal), the uid and gid, and the file size.
1324 If the \-v flag is given more than once, even more details are printed.
1326 Note that NFS requests are very large and much of the detail won't be printed
1327 unless \fIsnaplen\fP is increased. Try using `\fB\-s 192\fP' to watch
1330 NFS reply packets do not explicitly identify the RPC operation. Instead,
1331 \fItcpdump\fP keeps track of ``recent'' requests, and matches them to the
1332 replies using the transaction ID. If a reply does not closely follow the
1333 corresponding request, it might not be parsable.
1335 AFS Requests and Replies
1337 Transarc AFS (Andrew File System) requests and replies are printed
1343 \fIsrc.sport > dst.dport: rx packet-type\fP
1344 \fIsrc.sport > dst.dport: rx packet-type service call call-name args\fP
1345 \fIsrc.sport > dst.dport: rx packet-type service reply call-name args\fP
1348 elvis.7001 > pike.afsfs:
1349 rx data fs call rename old fid 536876964/1/1 ".newsrc.new"
1350 new fid 536876964/1/1 ".newsrc"
1351 pike.afsfs > elvis.7001: rx data fs reply rename
1356 In the first line, host elvis sends a RX packet to pike. This was
1357 a RX data packet to the fs (fileserver) service, and is the start of
1358 an RPC call. The RPC call was a rename, with the old directory file id
1359 of 536876964/1/1 and an old filename of `.newsrc.new', and a new directory
1360 file id of 536876964/1/1 and a new filename of `.newsrc'. The host pike
1361 responds with a RPC reply to the rename call (which was successful, because
1362 it was a data packet and not an abort packet).
1364 In general, all AFS RPCs are decoded at least by RPC call name. Most
1365 AFS RPCs have at least some of the arguments decoded (generally only
1366 the `interesting' arguments, for some definition of interesting).
1368 The format is intended to be self-describing, but it will probably
1369 not be useful to people who are not familiar with the workings of
1372 If the -v (verbose) flag is given twice, acknowledgement packets and
1373 additional header information is printed, such as the the RX call ID,
1374 call number, sequence number, serial number, and the RX packet flags.
1376 If the -v flag is given twice, additional information is printed,
1377 such as the the RX call ID, serial number, and the RX packet flags.
1378 The MTU negotiation information is also printed from RX ack packets.
1380 If the -v flag is given three times, the security index and service id
1383 Error codes are printed for abort packets, with the exception of Ubik
1384 beacon packets (because abort packets are used to signify a yes vote
1385 for the Ubik protocol).
1387 Note that AFS requests are very large and many of the arguments won't
1388 be printed unless \fIsnaplen\fP is increased. Try using `\fB-s 256\fP'
1389 to watch AFS traffic.
1391 AFS reply packets do not explicitly identify the RPC operation. Instead,
1392 \fItcpdump\fP keeps track of ``recent'' requests, and matches them to the
1393 replies using the call number and service ID. If a reply does not closely
1395 corresponding request, it might not be parsable.
1398 KIP Appletalk (DDP in UDP)
1400 Appletalk DDP packets encapsulated in UDP datagrams are de-encapsulated
1401 and dumped as DDP packets (i.e., all the UDP header information is
1402 discarded). The file
1404 is used to translate appletalk net and node numbers to names.
1405 Lines in this file have the form
1417 The first two lines give the names of appletalk networks. The third
1418 line gives the name of a particular host (a host is distinguished
1419 from a net by the 3rd octet in the number \-
1420 a net number \fImust\fP have two octets and a host number \fImust\fP
1421 have three octets.) The number and name should be separated by
1422 whitespace (blanks or tabs).
1425 file may contain blank lines or comment lines (lines starting with
1428 Appletalk addresses are printed in the form
1434 \f(CW144.1.209.2 > icsd-net.112.220
1435 office.2 > icsd-net.112.220
1436 jssmag.149.235 > icsd-net.2\fR
1442 doesn't exist or doesn't contain an entry for some appletalk
1443 host/net number, addresses are printed in numeric form.)
1444 In the first example, NBP (DDP port 2) on net 144.1 node 209
1445 is sending to whatever is listening on port 220 of net icsd node 112.
1446 The second line is the same except the full name of the source node
1447 is known (`office'). The third line is a send from port 235 on
1448 net jssmag node 149 to broadcast on the icsd-net NBP port (note that
1449 the broadcast address (255) is indicated by a net name with no host
1450 number \- for this reason it's a good idea to keep node names and
1451 net names distinct in /etc/atalk.names).
1453 NBP (name binding protocol) and ATP (Appletalk transaction protocol)
1454 packets have their contents interpreted. Other protocols just dump
1455 the protocol name (or number if no name is registered for the
1456 protocol) and packet size.
1458 \fBNBP packets\fP are formatted like the following examples:
1462 \s-2\f(CWicsd-net.112.220 > jssmag.2: nbp-lkup 190: "=:LaserWriter@*"
1463 jssmag.209.2 > icsd-net.112.220: nbp-reply 190: "RM1140:LaserWriter@*" 250
1464 techpit.2 > icsd-net.112.220: nbp-reply 190: "techpit:LaserWriter@*" 186\fR\s+2
1468 The first line is a name lookup request for laserwriters sent by net icsd host
1469 112 and broadcast on net jssmag. The nbp id for the lookup is 190.
1470 The second line shows a reply for this request (note that it has the
1471 same id) from host jssmag.209 saying that it has a laserwriter
1472 resource named "RM1140" registered on port 250. The third line is
1473 another reply to the same request saying host techpit has laserwriter
1474 "techpit" registered on port 186.
1476 \fBATP packet\fP formatting is demonstrated by the following example:
1480 \s-2\f(CWjssmag.209.165 > helios.132: atp-req 12266<0-7> 0xae030001
1481 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:0 (512) 0xae040000
1482 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:1 (512) 0xae040000
1483 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:2 (512) 0xae040000
1484 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:3 (512) 0xae040000
1485 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:4 (512) 0xae040000
1486 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:5 (512) 0xae040000
1487 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:6 (512) 0xae040000
1488 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp*12266:7 (512) 0xae040000
1489 jssmag.209.165 > helios.132: atp-req 12266<3,5> 0xae030001
1490 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:3 (512) 0xae040000
1491 helios.132 > jssmag.209.165: atp-resp 12266:5 (512) 0xae040000
1492 jssmag.209.165 > helios.132: atp-rel 12266<0-7> 0xae030001
1493 jssmag.209.133 > helios.132: atp-req* 12267<0-7> 0xae030002\fR\s+2
1497 Jssmag.209 initiates transaction id 12266 with host helios by requesting
1498 up to 8 packets (the `<0-7>'). The hex number at the end of the line
1499 is the value of the `userdata' field in the request.
1501 Helios responds with 8 512-byte packets. The `:digit' following the
1502 transaction id gives the packet sequence number in the transaction
1503 and the number in parens is the amount of data in the packet,
1504 excluding the atp header. The `*' on packet 7 indicates that the
1507 Jssmag.209 then requests that packets 3 & 5 be retransmitted. Helios
1508 resends them then jssmag.209 releases the transaction. Finally,
1509 jssmag.209 initiates the next request. The `*' on the request
1510 indicates that XO (`exactly once') was \fInot\fP set.
1515 Fragmented Internet datagrams are printed as
1519 \fB(frag \fIid\fB:\fIsize\fB@\fIoffset\fB+)\fR
1520 \fB(frag \fIid\fB:\fIsize\fB@\fIoffset\fB)\fR
1524 (The first form indicates there are more fragments. The second
1525 indicates this is the last fragment.)
1527 \fIId\fP is the fragment id. \fISize\fP is the fragment
1528 size (in bytes) excluding the IP header. \fIOffset\fP is this
1529 fragment's offset (in bytes) in the original datagram.
1531 The fragment information is output for each fragment. The first
1532 fragment contains the higher level protocol header and the frag
1533 info is printed after the protocol info. Fragments
1534 after the first contain no higher level protocol header and the
1535 frag info is printed after the source and destination addresses.
1536 For example, here is part of an ftp from arizona.edu to lbl-rtsg.arpa
1537 over a CSNET connection that doesn't appear to handle 576 byte datagrams:
1541 \s-2\f(CWarizona.ftp-data > rtsg.1170: . 1024:1332(308) ack 1 win 4096 (frag 595a:328@0+)
1542 arizona > rtsg: (frag 595a:204@328)
1543 rtsg.1170 > arizona.ftp-data: . ack 1536 win 2560\fP\s+2
1547 There are a couple of things to note here: First, addresses in the
1548 2nd line don't include port numbers. This is because the TCP
1549 protocol information is all in the first fragment and we have no idea
1550 what the port or sequence numbers are when we print the later fragments.
1551 Second, the tcp sequence information in the first line is printed as if there
1552 were 308 bytes of user data when, in fact, there are 512 bytes (308 in
1553 the first frag and 204 in the second). If you are looking for holes
1554 in the sequence space or trying to match up acks
1555 with packets, this can fool you.
1557 A packet with the IP \fIdon't fragment\fP flag is marked with a
1558 trailing \fB(DF)\fP.
1562 By default, all output lines are preceded by a timestamp. The timestamp
1563 is the current clock time in the form
1569 and is as accurate as the kernel's clock.
1570 The timestamp reflects the time the kernel first saw the packet. No attempt
1571 is made to account for the time lag between when the
1572 ethernet interface removed the packet from the wire and when the kernel
1573 serviced the `new packet' interrupt.
1575 traffic(1C), nit(4P), bpf(4), pcap(3)
1577 The original authors are:
1581 Steven McCanne, all of the
1582 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
1584 It is currently being maintained by tcpdump.org.
1586 The current version is available via http:
1589 .I http://www.tcpdump.org/
1592 The original distribution is available via anonymous ftp:
1595 .I ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/tcpdump.tar.Z
1598 IPv6/IPsec support is added by WIDE/KAME project.
1599 This program uses Eric Young's SSLeay library, under specific configuration.
1601 Please send problems, bugs, questions, desirable enhancements, etc. to:
1604 tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org
1607 Please send source code contributions, etc. to:
1613 NIT doesn't let you watch your own outbound traffic, BPF will.
1614 We recommend that you use the latter.
1616 On Linux systems with 2.0[.x] kernels:
1618 packets on the loopback device will be seen twice;
1620 packet filtering cannot be done in the kernel, so that all packets must
1621 be copied from the kernel in order to be filtered in user mode;
1623 all of a packet, not just the part that's within the snapshot length,
1624 will be copied from the kernel (the 2.0[.x] packet capture mechanism, if
1625 asked to copy only part of a packet to userland, will not report the
1626 true length of the packet; this would cause most IP packets to get an
1630 We recommend that you upgrade to a 2.2 or later kernel.
1632 Some attempt should be made to reassemble IP fragments or, at least
1633 to compute the right length for the higher level protocol.
1635 Name server inverse queries are not dumped correctly: the (empty)
1636 question section is printed rather than real query in the answer
1637 section. Some believe that inverse queries are themselves a bug and
1638 prefer to fix the program generating them rather than \fItcpdump\fP.
1640 A packet trace that crosses a daylight savings time change will give
1641 skewed time stamps (the time change is ignored).
1643 Filter expressions that manipulate FDDI or Token Ring headers assume
1644 that all FDDI and Token Ring packets are SNAP-encapsulated Ethernet
1645 packets. This is true for IP, ARP, and DECNET Phase IV, but is not true
1646 for protocols such as ISO CLNS. Therefore, the filter may inadvertently
1647 accept certain packets that do not properly match the filter expression.
1649 Filter expressions on fields other than those that manipulate Token Ring
1650 headers will not correctly handle source-routed Token Ring packets.
1653 should chase header chain, but at this moment it does not.
1654 .BR "ip6 protochain"
1655 is supplied for this behavior.
1657 Arithmetic expression against transport layer headers, like \fBtcp[0]\fP,
1658 does not work against IPv6 packets.
1659 It only looks at IPv4 packets.
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