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sniff chat messages

Synopsis

msgsnarf [-i interface | -p pcapfile] [[-v] pattern [expression]]

Description

msgsnarf records selected messages from AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ 2000, IRC, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger chat sessions.

Options

-i interface

Specify the interface to listen on.

-p pcapfile

Process packets from the specified PCAP capture file instead of the network.

-v

"Versus" mode. Invert the sense of matching, to select non-matching messages.

pattern

Specify regular expression for message matching.

expression

Specify a tcpdump(8) filter expression to select traffic to sniff.

See Also

dsniff(8)

Author

Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org>