CommView is a tool for monitoring the status of your network connection. It is very useful for network administrators and programmers, and includes the ability to analyze information packets and control data flow.
The program displays a list of established network connections, IP statistics, and individual examined packets.
CommView unencrypts the different packets up to the last level by analyzing the main IP protocols: TCP, UDP, and ICMP.
You can save logs of the packets captured by CommView to later analyze them in case the need arises. Also, you can set up filters so that the program automatically eliminates all the packets that you don't want to capture.
The program displays a list of established network connections, IP statistics, and individual examined packets.
CommView unencrypts the different packets up to the last level by analyzing the main IP protocols: TCP, UDP, and ICMP.
You can save logs of the packets captured by CommView to later analyze them in case the need arises. Also, you can set up filters so that the program automatically eliminates all the packets that you don't want to capture.
The following tables compare general and technical information for several packet analyzer software utilities, also known as network analyzers or packet sniffers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
General information[edit]
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Mar 01, 2018 CommView for WiFi is a special edition of CommView designed for capturing and analyzing network packets on wireless 802.11a/b/g networks. CommView for WiFi gathers information from the wireless. CommView is a network monitor and analyzer designed for LAN administrators, security professionals, network programmers, home users virtually anyone who wants a full picture of the traffic flowing.
Basic general information about the software—creator/company, license/price, etc.
| Creator | Latest release | User interface | Software license | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegro Network Multimeter | Allegro Packets | September 10, 2020 / 3.0.0[1] | Web GUI | Proprietary | Non-free |
| Analyze This | Comoe Networks | Web GUI | N/A | ? | |
| Cain and Abel | Massimiliano Montoro | April 7, 2014 / 4.9.56 | GUI | Freeware | Free |
| Capsa | Colasoft | April 24, 2018 / 11.1[2] | GUI | Proprietary | $0–$995, depending on version[3] |
| Carnivore | Federal Bureau of Investigation | ? | ? | N/A | ? |
| Charles Web Debugging Proxy | Karl van Randow | July 10, 2017 / 4.1.4 | GUI | ? | $30–$50 (Free Trial) |
| Clarified Analyzer | Clarified Networks | GUI | Proprietary | Non-free | |
| Clusterpoint Network Traffic Surveillance System | Clusterpoint | web GUI | Proprietary | ? | |
| CommView | TamoSoft | November 30, 2017 / 6.5 Build 770 | GUI | Proprietary | $299–$599, $149 1 year subscription |
| dSniff | Dug Song | December 17, 2000 / 2.3[4] | CLI | BSD License | Free |
| EtherApe | Juan Toledo | June 3, 2018 / 0.9.18[5] | GUI | GNU General Public License | Free |
| Ettercap | ALoR and NaGA | August 1, 2020 / 0.8.3.1-Bertillon[6] | Both | GNU General Public License | Free |
| Fiddler | Eric Lawrence / Telerik | October 3, 2019 / 5.0.20194[7] | GUI | Freeware | Free |
| HTTP Toolkit | Tim Perry | May 8, 2020 / v0.1.22[8] | GUI | GNU Affero General Public License | Free |
| justniffer | The Justniffer team | March 21, 2016 / 0.5.15[9] | CLI | GNU General Public License | Free |
| Kismet | Mike Kershaw (dragorn) | May 2, 2020 / 2020-04-R3[10] | CLI | GNU General Public License | Free |
| Microsoft Message Analyzer | Microsoft | October 28, 2016 / 1.4[11] | GUI | Proprietary | Free |
| Microsoft Network Monitor | Microsoft | June 24, 2010 / 3.4 | GUI | Proprietary | Free |
| netsniff-ng | Daniel Borkmann | November 7, 2016 / 0.6.2 | CLI | GNU General Public License | Free |
| ngrep | Jordan Ritter | September 7, 2017 / 1.47 | CLI | BSD-style | Free |
| Observer | Viavi Solutions (formerly Network Instruments) | GUI | Proprietary | Price on request | |
| OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) | Savvius (formerly WildPackets) | November 2017 / 11.1 | GUI | Proprietary | $1194–$5994, depending on version[12] |
| Proxyman | Nghia Tran | October 20, 2020 / v2.10.0(21000)[13] | GUI | Proprietary | $25–$59 (Free Trial) |
| SteelCentral Transaction Analyzer | OPNET Technologies/Riverbed Technology | June 9, 2014 / 17.0.T-PL1[14] | GUI | Proprietary | Non-free |
| snoop | Sun Microsystems | December 11, 2006 / Solaris 10 | CLI | CDDL | Free |
| tcpdump | The Tcpdump team | September 4, 2017 / 4.9.2[15] | CLI | BSD License | Free |
| Tranalyzer | The Tranalyzer team | November 29, 2019 / 0.8.7lmw1[16] | CLI | GNU General Public License | Free |
| Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) | The Wireshark team | May 19, 2020 / 3.2.4[17] | Both | GNU General Public License | Free |
| Xplico | The Xplico team | May 2, 2019 / 1.2.2[18] | Both | GNU General Public License | Free |
Operating system support[edit]
The utilities can run on these operating systems.
| Client | Microsoft Windows | macOS | Linux | BSDs | Solaris | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cain and Abel | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Capsa Free Edition | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Carnivore | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Charles Web Debugging Proxy | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Clusterpoint Network Traffic Surveillance System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any virtual-machine compatible OS |
| CommView | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| dSniff | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| EtherApe | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Ettercap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| HTTP Toolkit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Client available for Android[19] |
| justniffer | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Kismet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Lanmeter | No | No | No | No | No | Fluke proprietary hardware |
| netsniff-ng | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| ngrep | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AIX, BeOS, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX |
| Microsoft Network Monitor | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Observer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Proxyman | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| SteelCentral Transaction Analyzer | Yes | Version 3.5 capture agents on PowerPC only | GUI, plus version 3.5 capture agents | No | Version 3.5 capture agents on SPARC only | Version 3.5 capture agents on AIX and PA-RISCHP-UX only |
| snoop | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| tcpdump | Yes (WinDump) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX |
| Tranalyzer | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX |
| Xplico | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Features[edit]
| Process grouping | Monitor mode | Capture filter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark | ? | ? | ? |
Commview Alternative
References[edit]
Commview Alternative Program
- ^'Release 3.0: Allegro Network Multimeter With New Operating System and Additional VoIP Information' (Press release). September 10, 2020.
- ^'Colasoft Announces Release of Capsa Network Analyzer v11.1 with Enhanced Usability' (Press release). April 25, 2018.
- ^'Capsa Enterprise Edition & Standard Edition & Free Edition – Colasoft'.[permanent dead link]
- ^'CHANGES'. monkey.org.
- ^'EtherApe, a graphical network monitor'. etherape.sourceforge.net. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^'Releases · Ettercap'. ettercap-project.org. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^'Fiddler Release History'. Telerik. October 3, 2019.
- ^'HTTP Toolkit Releases'. HTTP Toolkit. May 8, 2020.
- ^'justniffer - Browse /justniffer at SourceForge.net'. sourceforge.net. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^'Kismet'. kismetwireless.net. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44226
- ^'store.savvius.com'. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
- ^'Proxyman Release Changelogs'. Proxyman. October 20, 2020.
- ^https://support.riverbed.com/content/support/software/steelcentral-npm/transaction-analyzer.html
- ^tcpdump. 'Tcpdump/Libpcap public repository'. tcpdump.org. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^Tranalyzer. 'Tranalyzer repository'. tranalyzer.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ^https://www.wireshark.org/news/20200519.html
- ^https://www.xplico.org/archives/1562
- ^'HTTP Toolkit Android Guide'. HTTP Toolkit. June 1, 2020.
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