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NAME

       chaosreader - trace network sessions and export it to html format

SYNOPSIS

       chaosreader

       chaosreader [-aehikqrvxAHIRTUXY] [-D dir]
                   [-b port[,...]] [-B port[,...]]
                   [-j IPaddr[,...]] [-J IPaddr[,...]]
                   [-l port[,...]] [-L port[,...]] [-m bytes[k]]
                   [-M bytes[k]] [-o "time"|"size"|"type"|"ip"]
                   [-p port[,...]] [-P port[,...]]
                   infile [infile2 ...]

       chaosreader -s [mins] | -S [mins[,count]]
                   [-z] [-f 'filter']

DESCRIPTION

       Chaosreader  traces  TCP/UDP/others  sessions  and  fetches application data from snoop or
       tcpdump logs. This is a type of "any-snarf" program, as it will fetch telnet sessions, FTP
       files,  HTTP transfers (HTML, GIF, JPEG etc) and SMTP emails from the captured data inside
       network traffic logs. A html index file is created  to  that  links  to  all  the  session
       details, including realtime replay programs for telnet, rlogin, IRC, X11 and VNC sessions.
       Chaosreader reports such as image reports and HTTP GET/POST content reports.

       Chaosreader can also run in standalone mode, where it invokes tcpdump to  create  the  log
       files and then processes them.

OPTIONS

       -a, --application
              Create application session files (default)

       -e, --everything
              Create HTML 2-way & hex files for everything

       -h     Print a brief help

       --help Print verbose help (this) and version

       --help2
              Print massive help

       -i, --info
              Create info file

       -q, --quiet
              Quiet, no output to screen

       -r, --raw
              Create raw files

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose - Create ALL files .. (except -e)

       -x, --index
              Create index files (default)

       -A, --noapplication
              Exclude application session files

       -H, --hex
              Include hex dumps (slow)

       -I, --noinfo
              Exclude info files

       -R, --noraw
              Exclude raw files

       -T, --notcp
              Exclude TCP traffic

       -U, --noudp
              Exclude UDP traffic

       -Y, --noicmp
              Exclude ICMP traffic

       -X, --noindex
              Exclude index files

       -k, --keydata
              Create extra files for keystroke analysis

       -D dir, --dir dir
              Output all files to this directory

       -b 25,79, --playtcp 25,79
              replay these TCP ports as well (playback)

       -B 36,42, --playudp 36,42
              replay these UDP ports as well (playback)

       -l 7,79, --htmltcp 7,79
              Create HTML for these TCP ports as well

       -L 7,123, --htmludp 7,123
              Create HTML for these UDP ports as well

       -m 1k, --min 1k
              Min size of connection to save ("k" for Kb)

       -M 1024k, --max 1k
              Max size of connection to save ("k" for Kb)

       -o size, --sort size
              sort Order: time/size/type/ip (Default time)

       -p 21,23, --port 21,23
              Only examine these ports (TCP & UDP)

       -P 80,81, --noport 80,81
              Exclude these ports (TCP & UDP)

       -s 5, --runonce 5
              Standalone. Run tcpdump/snoop for 5 mins.

       -S 5,10, --runmany 5,10
              Standalone, many. 10 samples of 5 mins each.

       -S 5, --runmany 5
              Standalone, endless. 5 min samples forever.

       -z, --runredo
              Standalone, redo. Rereads last run's logs.

       -j 10.1.2.1, --ipaddr 10.1.2.1
              Only examine these IPs

       -J 10.1.2.1, --noipaddr 10.1.2.1
              Exclude these IPs

       -f 'port 7', --filter 'port 7'
              With standalone, use this dump filter.

OUTPUT FILES

       index.html
              Html index (full details)

       index.text
              Text index

       index.file
              File index for standalone redo mode

       image.html
              HTML report of images

       getpost.html
              HTML report of HTTP GET/POST requests

       session_0001.info
              Info file describing TCP session #1

       session_0001.telnet.html
              HTML coloured 2-way capture (time sorted)

       session_0001.telnet.raw
              Raw data 2-way capture (time sorted)

       session_0001.telnet.raw1
              Raw 1-way capture (assembeled) server->client

       session_0001.telnet.raw2
              Raw 1-way capture (assembeled) client->server

       session_0002.web.html
              HTML coloured 2-way

       session_0002.part_01.html
              HTTP portion of the above, a HTML file

       session_0003.web.html
              HTML coloured 2-way

       session_0003.part_01.jpeg
              HTTP portion of the above, a JPEG file

       session_0004.web.html
              HTML coloured 2-way

       session_0004.part_01.gif
              HTTP portion of the above, a GIF file

       session_0005.part_01.ftp-data.gz
              An FTP transfer, a gz file.

CONVENTIONS

       session_*
              TCP Sessions

       stream_*
              UDP Streams

       icmp_* ICMP packets

       index.html
              HTML Index

       index.text
              Text Index

       index.file
              File Index for standalone redo mode only

       image.html
              HTML report of images

       getpost.html
              HTML report of HTTP GET/POST requests

       *.info Info file describing the Session/Stream

       *.raw  Raw data 2-way capture (time sorted)

       *.raw1 Raw 1-way capture (assembeled) server->client

       *.raw2 Raw 1-way capture (assembeled) client->server

       *.replay
              Session replay program (perl)

       *.partial.*
              Partial capture (tcpdump/snoop were aware of drops)

       *.hex.html
              2-way Hex dump, rendered in coloured HTML

       *.hex.text
              2-way Hex dump in plain text

       *.X11.replay
              X11 replay script (talks X11)

       *.textX11.replay
              X11 communicated text replay script (text only)

       *.textX11.html
              2-way text report, rendered in red/blue HTML

       *.keydata
              Keystroke delay data file. Used for SSH analysis.

MODES

       Normal eg  "chaosreader infile", this is where a tcpdump/snoop file was created previously
              and chaosreader reads and processes it.

       Standalone once
              eg "chaosreader -s 10" this is where chaosreader runs tcpdump/snoop  and  generates
              the  log  file,  in this case for 10 i minutes, and then processes the result. Some
              OS's may not have tcpdump or snoop available so this will not work (instead you may
              be able to get Ethereal, run it, save to a file, then use normal mode).  There is a
              master index.html and the report index.html in a sub dir, which is  of  the  format
              out_YYYYMMDD-hhmm, eg "out_20031003-2221".

       Standalone, many
              eg  "chaosreader  -S  5,12",  this  is  where  chaosreader  runs  tcpdump/snoop and
              generates many log files, in this case it samples 12  times  for  5  minutes  each.
              While this is running, the master index.html can be viewed to watch progress, which
              links to minor index.html reports in each sub directory.

       Standalone, redo
              eg "chaosreader -ve  -z",  (the  -z),  this  is  where  a  standalone  capture  was
              previously  performed - and now you would like to reprocess the logs - perhaps with
              different options (in this case, "-ve"). It reads  index.file  to  determine  which
              capture logs to read.

       Standalone, endless
              eg "chaosreader -S 5", like standalone many - but runs forever (if you ever had the
              need?). Watch your disk space!

       Note: this is a work in progress, some of the code is a little unpolished.

ADVICES

       •  Run chaosreader in an empty directory.

       •  Create small packet dumps. Chaosreader uses around 5x the dump size in memory. A  100Mb
          file could need 500Mb of RAM to process.

       •  Your tcpdump may allow "-s0" (entire packet) instead of "-s9000".

       •  Beware of using too much disk space, especially standalone mode.

       •  If  you  capture  too many small connections giving a huge index.html, try using the -m
          option to ignore small connections. eg "-m 1k".

       •  snoop logs may actually work better. Snoop logs are based on RFC1761, however there are
          many  varients  of  tcpdump/libpcap  and this program cannot read them all. If you have
          Ethereal you can create snoop logs during the "save as" option. On Solaris  use  "snoop
          -o logfile".

       •  tcpdump  logs  may  not  be portable between OSs that use different sized timestamps or
          endian.

       •  Logs are best created in a memory filesystem for speed, usually /tmp.

       •  For X11 or VNC playbacks, first practise by replaying a recent captured session of your
          own.  The  biggest problem is colour depth, your screen must match the capture. For X11
          check authentication (xhost +), for VNC check the viewers  options  (-8bit,  "Hextile",
          ...)

       •  SSH  analysis  can  be  performed  with  the  "sshkeydata"  program  as demonstrated on
          http://www.brendangregg.com/sshanalysis.html .  chaosreader provides  the  input  files
          (*.keydata) that sshkeydata analyses.

BUGS

       •  The following assumptions may cause problems (check for new vers);

       •  A  lower port number = the service type. Eg with ports 31247 and 23, the actual type of
          session is telnet (23). This may not work for some things (eg, VNC).

       •  Time based order is more important for 2-way sessions (eg telnet), SEQ  order  is  more
          import for 1-way transfers (eg ftp-data).

       •  One  particular  TCP session isn't active for long enough that the SEQ number loops (or
          even wraps).

EXAMPLES

       •  Example 1:

             tcpdump -s9000 -w out1; chaosreader out1; netscape index.html

               or,

              snoop -o out1; chaosreader out1; netscape index.html

                      or,

              ethereal (save as "out1"); chaosreader out1; netscape index.html

                      or,

              chaosreader -s 5; netscape index.html

       •  Example 2:

             tcpdump -s9000 -w output1        # create tcpdump capture file

             chaosreader output1              # extract recognised sessions, or,

             chaosreader -ve output1          # gimme everything, or,

             chaosreader -p 20,21,23 output1  # only ftp and telnet...

       •  Example 3:

             snoop -o output1                 # create snoop capture file instead

             chaosreader output1              # extract recognised sessions...

       •  Example 4:

             chaosreader -S 2,5      # Standalone, sniff network 5 times for 2 mins
                                     # each. View index.html for progress (or .text)

SEE ALSO

       tcpdump(8), chaosreader help page.

AUTHORS

       chaosreader was written by Brendan Gregg.

       This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br>, using
       txt2man,  for  the  Debian  project (but may be used by others). The base of this text was
       caught off chaosreader source code.