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VMware Fusion 1.0 and sniffers = BSOD ... help? posted: Aug 14, 2007 6:01 AM

Click to view pitogo's profile Enthusiast 37 posts since
Jul 13, 2006
Hey all,

Well hope you guys are all having fun. On Mac OS X the only sniffer option I know about are wireshark and Etherpeek (no longer being updated). As good as they are I wanted to try more updated and advanced sniffers one was Sniffer Portable from Network General and the other was OmniPeek Enterprise from Wild Packets. I am in a trial/demo program for both but unfortunately I can't capture because they both crash my system with a BSOD. Is there anything I can do to run those programs under virtualization or am I just SOL.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

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Re: VMware Fusion 1.0 and sniffers = BSOD ... help?

1. Aug 14, 2007 6:14 AM in response to: pitogo
Click to view rsa911's profile Virtuoso 1,877 posts since
Aug 3, 2007
personally, I usually use the standard Microsoft netmon to capture packets then once done, copy the file to another machine where I have multiple network analyzers at hand
most network analyzers support natively microsoft netmon file format

until now, Netmon has always run fined on the many vm format i've tried

just my 2ct, give it a try and report back your experience, it's interesting ;-)

Re: VMware Fusion 1.0 and sniffers = BSOD ... help?

4. Aug 14, 2007 6:31 AM in response to: pitogo
Click to view Andreas Masur's profile Expert 843 posts since
Feb 26, 2007
Do you actually have a screenshot of the crash? What is the stop code? Does it happen while capturing?

Ciao, Andreas

Re: VMware Fusion 1.0 and sniffers = BSOD ... help?

6. Aug 14, 2007 6:50 AM in response to: pitogo
Click to view Wes W.'s profile Enthusiast 37 posts since
Jun 19, 2007
Not being a fan of Windows, let alone paying for it, here are my free suggestions:

1) Easiest, pickup a Virtual Appliance pre-configured for network security auditing, such as BackTrack. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/122

2) Install Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, or whatever Unix you like on your own VM and have more control to learn and explore more about network security. Solaris' 'snoop' command is dirt simple, or you can install Ethereal on almost anything.

HTH.

Re: VMware Fusion 1.0 and sniffers = BSOD ... help?

7. Aug 14, 2007 6:55 AM in response to: pitogo
Click to view rsa911's profile Virtuoso 1,877 posts since
Aug 3, 2007
I would take a screenshot but it reboots way too fast

control panel -- system - advanced -- startup and recovery
disable 'automatically restart'
your blue screen will stay displayed until you reset the Vm

Re: VMware Fusion 1.0 and sniffers = BSOD ... help?

9. Aug 14, 2007 7:12 AM in response to: pitogo
Click to view rsa911's profile Virtuoso 1,877 posts since
Aug 3, 2007
I suggest you open a new thread in the ESX forum to get some advice on the recommended network analyzers for an ESX platform
the gurus out there should get you the definitive answer ;-)

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