Re: [tcpdump-workers] does "port 25" work?

2008-07-31 Thread U. George
Guy Harris wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 11:29 AM, U. George wrote: if i say this: tcpdump -n -v -i eth1 i get a log of: ether type * and port *, ie the PPPoE data. What you get is a log of "*", i.e. all data. "port *" is irrelevant; Not so. The log of "*&quo

Re: [tcpdump-workers] does "port 25" work?

2008-07-31 Thread U. George
The filter "port domain" on an Ethernet interface (on my box) generates a BPF filter that looks for Ethertype 0x86dd for IPv6 OR 0x0800 for IPv4. It doesn't look for PPPoE, VLANs, GRE or anything else, because you didn't specify that in your filter. Actually I didnt specify 0x86dd or 0x0800 eith

Re: [tcpdump-workers] does "port 25" work?

2008-07-31 Thread U. George
Guy Harris wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:48 AM, U. George wrote: why does adding the "PORT" conditional also modify the wild-card aspects of "ethernet type" To what "wild-card aspects of 'ethernet type'" are you referring? If you say "port do

Re: [tcpdump-workers] does "port 25" work?

2008-07-31 Thread U. George
should capture them. If you want to capture non-PPPoE DNS requests as well, try port domain or (pppoes and port domain) [EMAIL PROTECTED] MyRblsmtpd]# /usr/sbin/tcpdump -n -v -i eth1 pppoes and port domain tcpdump: syntax error PPPoE is not in my tcpdump man page :{ - This is the

Re: [tcpdump-workers] does "port 25" work?

2008-07-31 Thread U. George
Guy Harris wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 5:52 AM, U. George wrote: BUT if i remove the 'port domain' i see all the packets: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gat]# /usr/sbin/tcpdump -v -n -i eth1 tcpdump: listening on eth1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes 08:49:38.834343 PPPoE [

[tcpdump-workers] does "port 25" work?

2008-07-31 Thread U. George
I just wanted to see Domain/DNS requests comming in from the 'outside' and are being 'forwarded' back to the outside for answers. every time I try: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MyRblsmtpd]# /usr/sbin/tcpdump -n -v -i eth1 port domain tcpdump: listening on eth1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size