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MSGSNARF(8) System Manager's Manual MSGSNARF(8)

NAME

msgsnarf - 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

Specify the interface to listen on.
Process packets from the specified PCAP capture file instead of the network.
"Versus" mode. Invert the sense of matching, to select non-matching messages.
Specify regular expression for message matching.
Specify a tcpdump(8) filter expression to select traffic to sniff.

SEE ALSO

dsniff(8)

AUTHOR

Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org>