Can I do packet sniffing out of the box on OS X?

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I'm doing some development, a Java app that communicates via HTTP. The log4j isn't helping me much so I'd like to see the actual HTTP Request that I am creating once it gets sent out.

I know that in the Windows world I use a packet sniffer for this. Sometimes I'm surprised by what OS X can do out of the box - can it do this?

If not, what's a good packet sniffer on OS X?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '09 at 03:13

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turns out that tcpdump is an easy way to do it out of the box.

answered Aug 06 '09 at 03:13

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you probably need to run as root. There are a couple ways to get access. I set my root password. – benc Aug 18 '09 at 01:35

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '09 at 03:00

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http://www.wireshark.org/download.html

This is the best one I have used so far. I do not know of anything that is available "right out of the box" though.

answered Aug 06 '09 at 03:00

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"I do not know of anything that is available "right out of the box"" tcpdump, which ships with the OS. – Oct 09 '13 at 16:19

fer · Answer 3 · 2013-10-09T15:24:04.280

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HTTPScoop does perfectly the job for simple http sniffing.

Although a bit old fashion looking still worth to mention Eavesdrop for general basic sniffing

edited Oct 09 '13 at 15:24

answered Oct 09 '13 at 10:22

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Can I do packet sniffing out of the box on OS X?

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