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A Linux kernel module which can snoop and output USB communications traffic. The output produced by usbmon can be examined by using utilities such as '''usbdump''' or
A Linux kernel module which can snoop and output USB communications traffic. The output produced by usbmon can be examined by using utilities such as '''usbdump''', '''USBMon''' or '''[[Wireshark]].
'''USBMon'''.


==Also see==
==Also see==
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* [http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:bMh9AGUtqasJ:people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/OLS05_zaitcev.pdf+usbmon&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=ca&client=firefox-a The usbmon: USB monitoring framework] article
* [http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:bMh9AGUtqasJ:people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/OLS05_zaitcev.pdf+usbmon&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=ca&client=firefox-a The usbmon: USB monitoring framework] article
* [http://www.linux-usb.org/USBMon USBMon] - an old java program that can interface with the output from the usbmon kernel module; unfinished ? see: [http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/ the notes on this page] and those from [http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2006/10/16/USB-Snoop-in-linux this article] on USB snooping under Linux
* [http://www.linux-usb.org/USBMon USBMon] - an old java program that can interface with the output from the usbmon kernel module; unfinished ? see: [http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/ the notes on this page] and those from [http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2006/10/16/USB-Snoop-in-linux this article] on USB snooping under Linux
* [http://www.wireshark.org/ Wireshark] - looks to be a newer and more polished way to interface with the usbmon kernel module's output; see the Wireshark wiki page's regarding USB: [http://wiki.wireshark.org/USB here] and [http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/USB here]
* [http://www.wireshark.org/ Wireshark] - a more polished way to interface, via libpcap, with the usbmon kernel module's output; see the Wireshark wiki page's regarding USB: [http://wiki.wireshark.org/USB here] and [http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/USB here]


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A Linux kernel module which can snoop and output USB communications traffic. The output produced by usbmon can be examined by using utilities such as usbdump, USBMon or Wireshark.

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