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As well as various shortcut buttons corresponding to menu functions,
the toolbar also contains a combobox which can be used to select
between current sniffers and replayers.
The Monitor Menu
The Monitor menu contains common operations relating to the
creation, deletion and execution of sniffers, and replaying
log files. Note that most of these operations are also available on
the toolbar.
- New Sniffer
This creates a new sniffer. The new sniffer will be named
Sniffer N
where is a number that distinguishes it from all other sniffers,
however this can be changed if desired. The new sniffer starts with a
default, essentially empty, configuration.
- New Replay
This creates a new replayer that can be used to replay an earlier
binary log file. The new replayer is named Replay N in a
similar manner to a new sniffer. The replayer also starts with
an essentially empty configuration.
- Close
The currently selected sniffer or replayer is closed. This will
stop any activity associated with the monitor or replay object,
particulary an active packet filter.
- Run all
All sniffers and replayers that are not currently running are
started. That is, sniffers will start to monitor the
network, while replayers will start replaying their associated
log files. Note that individual sniffers and replayers can be
controlled from their configuration windows.
- Halt all
All running sniffers and replayers are stopped. In the case of
sniffers, packet capture and filtering is stopped.
- Freeze
The freeze operation freezes the graphic and packet displays for all
active sniffers and replayers. Note that the monitoring or
replay continues, so that when they are resumed the graphic and
packet display will immediately advance to the current time.
- Resume
This function resumes all frozen sniffers and replayers, as
described above.
- Save
The save function saves the configuration of all sniffers, to
be reloaded the next time that KSnuffle is started. Note, however,
that when KSnuffle is next started, the sniffers are all
stopped, irrespective of their state at the time of the Save. Also,
no information is saved for extant replayers.
- Save and Exit
Configuration information is saved as above, and the program exits.
- Exit
The program exits without saving any configuration information.
The View Menu
The View menu contains functions that control the display or
otherwise of various components of KSnuffle.
- Toolbar
This item toggles the display of the tool bar.
- Configuration
Each sniffer or replayer has three display pages, for
configuration, graphic load display, and packet display. This item
selects the configuration page. Note that if the parallel graph or
global setup page is on display, then display switches back to the
sniffer or replayer.
- Graphic
Display the graphic page, similarly to the configuration above.
- Packet
Display the packet display, similarly to the configuration above.
- Sniffers
Display the currently selected sniffer or replayer.
- Parallel
Use this item to display a page which contains up to four parallel
load histograms, allowing visual comparisom of network loading for
different packet filtering settings.
- Setup
The setup page contains various global setup options. In addition,
if the KSnuffle is being executed by root, the page allows users to
be added to, or removed from, the list of non-root users who can
use KSnuffle (note that this alson requires KSnuffle to be installed
setuid-root).
At the bottom of the view menu will appear entries for each sniffer
or replayer currently in existence. Selecting one of these
will display the corresponding monitor.
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