pcaps:ixmgtool
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- | ====== Merge multiple thin PCAP files into a single | + | ====== Merge multiple thin PCAP files into a single |
When you install Trisul Network Analytics , you get a free command line tool called '' | When you install Trisul Network Analytics , you get a free command line tool called '' | ||
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===== What is a FAT pcap file ===== | ===== What is a FAT pcap file ===== | ||
- | A FAT pcap file contains more unique flows and endpoints than a THIN pcap file. | + | < |
+ | </ | ||
While testing NSM((Network Security Monitoring)) | While testing NSM((Network Security Monitoring)) | ||
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===== How is it different from mergecap | ===== How is it different from mergecap | ||
- | Mergecap | + | Mergecap |
- | trisul_ixmgtool when run with the squish option , aligns the timestamps | + | trisul_ixmgtool when run with the squish option , aligns the timestamps |
{{: | {{: | ||
+ | You can think of ixmgtool as combining the following three operations | ||
+ | - Find the lowest timestamp from all the pcap files, and compute the deltas for each file | ||
+ | - Run '' | ||
+ | - Run '' | ||
- | ====== trisul_ixmgtool ====== | + | ====== |
To get the free ixmgtool [[https:// | To get the free ixmgtool [[https:// | ||
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**Options** | **Options** | ||
- | * -squish | + | * '' |
- | * -squish10 : fatten by 10 TIMES by taking each TCP flow and making 10 duplicate | + | * '' |
If you run without the squish options, ixmgtool is the same as mergecap. | If you run without the squish options, ixmgtool is the same as mergecap. | ||
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===== Example run ===== | ===== Example run ===== | ||
- | Say you have put 10 files in a directory | + | Say you have put 10 files in a directory |
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- | To get a really | + | To get a **really |
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+ | unpl@unpl: | ||
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+ | 5000000 Packets | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111203006460000.pcap, | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111159006450000.pcap, | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111147006420000.pcap, | ||
+ | 8000000 Packets | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111143006410000.pcap, | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111210006480000.pcap, | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111206006470000.pcap, | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111151006430000.pcap, | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111155006440000.pcap, | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111129006380000.pcap, | ||
+ | EOF on wrccdc.regionals.2019-03-01.111138006400000.pcap, | ||
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+ | unpl@unpl: | ||
+ | -rw------- 1 unpl unpl 13G Apr 13 13:35 really_fatone.pcap | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | ====== Conclusion ====== | ||
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+ | trisul_ixmgtool | ||
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+ | Hope this is useful to the NSM community. | ||
+ | To get the tool (it is free). | ||
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