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From: goarilla on 2 Jan 2010 06:28 On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:13:37 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote: > On Jan 2, 12:42 am, goarilla <goari...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:30:29 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote: >> > Hi, >> > Is there any free tool that help >> > in generation of sequence diagrams >> > that provide a visual trace of >> > packet flow between nodes using >> > the Wireshark(Ethereal) logs ? >> >> > I searched the internet and got a tool called VisualEther, but it is >> > not free :-(http://www.eventhelix.com/VisualEther/ >> >> > Any opensource or free tools for sequence diagram generation from >> > Wireshark(Ethereal) logs ? >> >> > If there is no free tool that could be used to generate the sequence >> > diagrams >> > from the Wireshark(Ethereal) log/output, then Is there a free >> > protocol analyzer that has an accompanying software/utility that >> > would be capable of generating the sequence diagrams from its >> > captured output/log files? >> >> > I am looking for this tool in Linux and Windows environment. Any >> > ideas ? >> >> > Thx in advans, >> > Karthik Balaguru >> >> http://callflow.sourceforge.net/ >> >> > Good link ! Thx. > > Interesting :-) > I wonder the reason/need for this 'Callflow Sequence Diagram Generator ' > utility if Wireshark(Ethereal) has support in its 'Statistics -> Flow > Graph' option !! > > I checked the 'Callflow' utility, it seems to be a collection of awk and > shell scripts that produce callflow sequence diagram from the captured > logs of ethereal(Wireshark) protocol analyzer. > > Can you lemme know the unique features that are provided by 'Callflow' > utility in comparison to the features offered by the 'Flow Graph' that > comes along with the Wireshark(Ethereal) protocol analyzer ? > > Was callflow developed to overcome some of the limitations of the Flow > Graph feature provided by Wireshark(Ethereal) protocol analyzer ? Any > ideas ? > > Thx in advans, > Karthik Balaguru i just googled it i'm not your testing departement but when i read it was shell and awk scripts i assumed that for any decent *nix user it would be easy customisable.
From: karthikbalaguru on 5 Jan 2010 06:06
On Jan 2, 4:28 pm, goarilla <goari...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:13:37 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote: > > On Jan 2, 12:42 am, goarilla <goari...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:30:29 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > Is there any free tool that help > >> > in generation of sequence diagrams > >> > that provide a visual trace of > >> > packet flow between nodes using > >> > the Wireshark(Ethereal) logs ? > > >> > I searched the internet and got a tool called VisualEther, but it is > >> > not free :-(http://www.eventhelix.com/VisualEther/ > > >> > Any opensource or free tools for sequence diagram generation from > >> > Wireshark(Ethereal) logs ? > > >> > If there is no free tool that could be used to generate the sequence > >> > diagrams > >> > from the Wireshark(Ethereal) log/output, then Is there a free > >> > protocol analyzer that has an accompanying software/utility that > >> > would be capable of generating the sequence diagrams from its > >> > captured output/log files? > > >> > I am looking for this tool in Linux and Windows environment. Any > >> > ideas ? > > >> > Thx in advans, > >> > Karthik Balaguru > > >>http://callflow.sourceforge.net/ > > > Good link ! Thx. > > > Interesting :-) > > I wonder the reason/need for this 'Callflow Sequence Diagram Generator ' > > utility if Wireshark(Ethereal) has support in its 'Statistics -> Flow > > Graph' option !! > > > I checked the 'Callflow' utility, it seems to be a collection of awk and > > shell scripts that produce callflow sequence diagram from the captured > > logs of ethereal(Wireshark) protocol analyzer. > > > Can you lemme know the unique features that are provided by 'Callflow' > > utility in comparison to the features offered by the 'Flow Graph' that > > comes along with the Wireshark(Ethereal) protocol analyzer ? > > > Was callflow developed to overcome some of the limitations of the Flow > > Graph feature provided by Wireshark(Ethereal) protocol analyzer ? Any > > ideas ? > > > Thx in advans, > > Karthik Balaguru > > i just googled it > i'm not your testing departement > > but when i read it was shell and awk scripts > i assumed that for any decent *nix user it would > be easy customisable Okay! I checked with 'Callflow' support in the below link - http://sourceforge.net/projects/callflow/forums/forum/204354/topic/3504654 Thx in advans, Karthik Balaguru |