From: goarilla on
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
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