Sep 22

Sniffer Portable Professional 3.0

China, Packet Analysis, software 1 Comment »

It is strange, quite strange. A latest release version number is smaller than the last one.

As everybody knows,  last version of Sniffer Pro is 4.9, however, the newest version is 3.0.

Maybe after the acquisition, the mentality of product management people is changed too. Anyway still many highlights in the new software version attract the eyes.

Many new decoders are added into Sniffer Portable Professional 3.0

  • VoIP – UNISTIM, Megaco-binary , updates to Cisco SCCP for version 6.0
  • Wireless – 802.11n, 802.11h, 802.11e
  • Financial – Russell Index 1000, IBM LLM, LMSD, OPRA Fast, NSADAQ UQDF, NSADAQ UTDF, NSADAQ OMDF, ARCA equity, FIX 4.0 and NSX FAST
  • Mobile – Gb over IP Stack, Blackberry RIM and Radius A12
  • Fiber Channel decodes – FCoE, FC
  • Other – 802.1ah, 802.1ad, X.25 over Ethernet
In this version a new sniffer mode is introduced:
Local/Sniffer Modes. Sniffer Portable Analyzer family supports both Sniffer and Local mode for all topologies to accelerate troubleshooting efforts.
  • Sniffer Mode – promiscuously monitors all traffic.
  • Local Mode – monitors only traffic to/from the local host.
New Supported Operating Systems. In addition to the previously supported Windows XP, Sniffer Portable Analyzer family now supports:
  • Windows Server 2003 SP1 (32- or 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32- or 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Vista (32- or 64-bit)
Very good to see the changes from the protocol analysis giant and I noticed the company now invest many resources into far east market such as the emerging China market by launching a localized website called http://www.sniffer.net.cn
Good luck, Sniffer!