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Hi...

Does anyone know a program that allows me to see what a vb program data sends over the internet?
The program uses the mircrosoft winsock control.

Maybe what i want is packet sniffing?

Thanks!

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Originally posted by Mike2
Maybe what i want is packet sniffing?

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you need just that. search google: "sniffer" and you'll get lots of them. maybe you want to try "Ethereal" (it's the first sniffer name that came in my mind )

Ok i installed Ethereal but i didnt understand a thing
I want a program that it can "spy" only one program because Ethereal looks like that it spys all the programs...

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Originally posted by Mike2
Ok i installed Ethereal but i didnt understand a thing

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all sniffers are similar so you'll have the same problem with all. Just give them some time

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Originally posted by Mike2
I want a program that it can "spy" only one program because Ethereal looks like that it spys all the programs...

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true.

I don't know any sniffer that can "spy" only a given program... I'd suggest you to close all internet related program except the one you want to monitor and then use he sniffer.

Hmmm ok i tried closing internet using programs and then opened the program i want to monitor and it got some things...
But i dont know if they are from the program i want to monitor...
I dont know if you have used winsock in vb...

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Winsock.SendData "Hey!"

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You do that to send data...Well i want to be able to see that the program sent "Hey!" to the server.
And also if possible i want to know what the server sent back but i dont want this too much...

Hmmm...
I think i will some more for these-type of programs...

Edit: I just noticed that if you right click on a packet at Ethereal and click "Follow packet stream" you can see the above things

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Originally posted by Mike2
But i dont know if they are from the program i want to monitor...

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the sniffers doesn't send anything... they just "look what's going in the cable" and display it.

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Originally posted by Mike2
I dont know if you have used winsock in vb...

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yes, I've, but from the view of the sniffer that doesn't matter. you can have the program written in VB, C++ or asm and the sniffer doesn't care.

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Originally posted by Mike2
You do that to send data...Well i want to be able to see that the program sent "Hey!" to the server.
And also if possible i want to know what the server sent back but i dont want this too much...

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that's the basic features of any sniffer......

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Originally posted by Mike2
I think i will  some more for these-type of programs...

Edit: I just noticed that if you right click on a packet at Ethereal and click "Follow packet stream" you can see the above things

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...... it won't take too long untill you get used to the program you're using.