Ubuntu Manpage: driftnet - capture images from network traffic and display them in an X window;

NAME

       driftnet  -  capture  images  from  network  traffic  and  display  them  in  an X window;
       optionally, capture audio streams and play them.

SYNOPSIS

       driftnet [options] [filter code]

DESCRIPTION

       Driftnet watches network traffic, and picks out and  displays  JPEG  and  GIF  images  for
       display.  It  is an horrific invasion of privacy and shouldn't be used by anyone anywhere.
       It has been described as `a graphical tcpdump(8)', `EtherPeg for  Unix',  and  called  all
       sorts  of  nasty  names  by  people  on  Freshmeat. It is also possible to use driftnet to
       capture MPEG audio data from the network and play it through a player such as mpg123(1).

       Images may be saved by clicking on them.

OPTIONS

-h Print a summary of usage.

-v Print additional details of packets captured to the terminal.

-b Beep when a new image is displayed.

-i interface
Listen to packets on interface. By default, driftnet will try to pick up traffic on
all interfaces, but this does not work with all versions of pcap(3); on such
systems, an interface must be specified. On some systems, driftnet can only use
promiscuous mode if an interface is specified.

-f file
Instead of listening on an interface, read captured packets from a pcap(3); dump
file; file can be a named pipe for use with Kismet or similar.

-p Do not put the interface into promiscuous mode.

-a Operate in `adjunct mode', where driftnet gathers images for use by another
program, such as Jamie Zawinski's webcollage. In this mode, no window is displayed;
images are captured and saved in a temporary directory, and their names written on
standard output.

-m number
In adjunct mode, silently drop images if there are more than number in the
temporary directory. It is assumed that another process will delete images which it
has processed.

-x prefix
The filename prefix to use when saving images, by default `driftnet-'.

-d directory
Use directory to store temporary files. Driftnet will clear this directory of its
own temporary files on exit, but will not delete the directory or any other files.

-s Attempt to capture streamed audio data from the network, and either play it or, in
adjunct mode, save it in files. At present this only works with MPEG data.

-S Capture streamed audio data only, ignoring images.

-M command
Use the named command to play MPEG audio data. The command, which is executed using
the shell, should accept MPEG frames on standard input. The default is `mpg123 -'.

filter code
Additional filter code to restrict the packets captured, in the libpcap syntax.
User filter code is evaluated as `tcp and (filter code)'.

AUTHOR

       Chris Lightfoot <chris@ex-parrot.com>

1.1.2

       Driftnet, version 1.1.2.
       $Id: driftnet.1.in,v 1.7 2004/04/26 14:42:36 chris Exp $

COPYING

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as  published  by  the  Free  Software  Foundation;  either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This  program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
       if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,  Cambridge,  MA  02139,
       USA.

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