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Cocoa Packet Analyzer - 0.61

Network protocol analyzer and packet sniffer.

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Current Version:	0.61
Release Date:	2009-06-29
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	424
Downloads (all versions):	21,569

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Product Description:

Cocoa Packet Analyzer is a native Mac OS X implementation of a network protocol analyzer and packet sniffer. CPA supports the industry-standard PCAP packet capture format for reading, capturing and writing packet trace files.

Features:

Basic packet capturing (libPCAP/ tcpdump filter expressions can be used).
Analyze and display packet trace files.
Supports PCAP packet capture format.
Quicklook plugin included - its basic but at least you can get an overview over packet trace files in finder.

Supported Types and Protocols:

Ethertype ARP
Ethertype IP (v4/ v6)
Ethertype PPP
Ethertype PPPoED/S
Ethertype 802.1Q VLAN
Linktype Loopback
Linktype PPP

IP-Protocol IP
IP-Protocol TCP
IP-Protocol UDP
IP-Protocol ICMP
IP-Protocol IGMP
IP-Protocol L2TP

PPPoE Discovery and Sessionstages
PPP-Protocols: IP, LCP, IPCP, CCP, PAP, CHAP
L2TP-Protocol (port based detection)
RADIUS-Protocol (port based detection)
SIP-Protocol (third party analyzer plugin)

What's new in this version:

fixed a potential buffer overflow in Ethernet and ARP analyzers.
fixed "isDocumentEdited"-status on single packet windows.
compatibility with 10.6 SDK.
optimized progress sheets memory usage.
capture documents append a timestamp to the filename to avoid duplicate tempfiles.
added recent documents to welcome screen (incl. last opened date).

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Works great - Version: 0.61, 7/4/2009 01:19AM PST

johnallen

I find this program works wonderfully. I like it better than Wireshark, because you don't need to go into the terminal and type Unix commands to get the program installed/running.

The author was quick to respond to a question I had on the appllication.

Finally something that works - Version: 0.58, 4/16/2009 07:32AM PST

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hbutz

I have this running on an Intel Mac Mini on 10.4.11. When I started it, it could not find any devices to monitor and brought me to the preferences window. I tend to be the type who reads the manual only if I can't get the software to work. In this case, no need. I clicked on 'scan', I think, and it found my Ethernet adapter. I clicked on capture and it did a fine job of displaying my traffic. It's just a tad annoying to enter my root password every time I ask for a trace, but I can live with that.

The program identified a lot of udp, broadcast, and arp commands coming from my Verizon DSL modem. Apparently, Verizon likes to keep tabs on all devices connected to their network at an interval of less than 1 second. I thought I had a virus. Well, kind of.

Great gem of an app - Version: 0.57, 3/11/2009 07:51AM PST

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develand

I needed to analyze a network-related app issue. Looked at other things, including loading Shark on a Linux box. Tried this, and worked perfectly! Let me isolate the bad network call and document the problem (and eventually get it fixed). Great app. Never had a problem with it. Now has a permanent home in my Utilities folder. Highly recommended.