NAME
  chaosreader - trace network sessions and export it to html format
SYNOPSIS
  chaosreader

  chaosreader [-aehikqrvxAHIRTUXY] [-D dir]
              [-b port[,...]] [-B port[,...]]
              [-j IPaddr[,...]] [-J IPaddr[,...]]
              [-l port[,...]] [-L port[,...]] [-m bytes[k]]
              [-M bytes[k]] [-o "time"|"size"|"type"|"ip"]
              [-p port[,...]] [-P port[,...]]
              infile [infile2 ...]

  chaosreader -s [mins] | -S [mins[,count]]
              [-z] [-f 'filter']
DESCRIPTION
  Chaosreader traces TCP/UDP/others sessions and fetches application data from
  snoop or tcpdump logs. This is a type of "any-snarf" program, as it will
  fetch telnet sessions, FTP files, HTTP transfers (HTML, GIF, JPEG etc) and
  SMTP emails from the captured data inside network traffic logs. A html index
  file is created to that links to all the session details, including realtime
  replay programs for telnet, rlogin, IRC, X11 and VNC sessions. Chaosreader
  reports such as image reports and HTTP GET/POST content reports.

  Chaosreader can also run in standalone mode, where it invokes tcpdump to
  create the log files and then processes them.
OPTIONS
    -a, --application      Create application session files (default)
    -e, --everything       Create HTML 2-way & hex files for everything
    -h                     Print a brief help
    --help                 Print verbose help (this) and version
    --help2                Print massive help
    -i, --info             Create info file
    -q, --quiet            Quiet, no output to screen
    -r, --raw              Create raw files
    -v, --verbose          Verbose - Create ALL files .. (except -e)
    -x, --index            Create index files (default)
    -A, --noapplication    Exclude application session files
    -H, --hex              Include hex dumps (slow)
    -I, --noinfo           Exclude info files
    -R, --noraw            Exclude raw files
    -T, --notcp            Exclude TCP traffic
    -U, --noudp            Exclude UDP traffic
    -Y, --noicmp           Exclude ICMP traffic
    -X, --noindex          Exclude index files
    -k, --keydata          Create extra files for keystroke analysis
    -D dir, --dir dir         Output all files to this directory
    -b 25,79, --playtcp 25,79   replay these TCP ports as well (playback)
    -B 36,42, --playudp 36,42   replay these UDP ports as well (playback)
    -l 7,79, --htmltcp 7,79    Create HTML for these TCP ports as well
    -L 7,123, --htmludp 7,123   Create HTML for these UDP ports as well
    -m 1k, --min 1k          Min size of connection to save ("k" for Kb)
    -M 1024k, --max 1k          Max size of connection to save ("k" for Kb)
    -o size, --sort size       sort Order: time/size/type/ip (Default time)
    -p 21,23, --port 21,23      Only examine these ports (TCP & UDP)
    -P 80,81, --noport 80,81    Exclude these ports (TCP & UDP)
    -s 5, --runonce 5       Standalone. Run tcpdump/snoop for 5 mins.
    -S 5,10, --runmany 5,10    Standalone, many. 10 samples of 5 mins each.
    -S 5, --runmany 5       Standalone, endless. 5 min samples forever.
    -z, --runredo         Standalone, redo. Rereads last run's logs.
    -j 10.1.2.1, --ipaddr 10.1.2.1     Only examine these IPs
    -J 10.1.2.1, --noipaddr 10.1.2.1   Exclude these IPs
    -f 'port 7', --filter 'port 7'     With standalone, use this dump filter.
OUTPUT FILES
   index.html                  Html index (full details)
   index.text                  Text index 
   index.file                  File index for standalone redo mode
   image.html                  HTML report of images
   getpost.html                HTML report of HTTP GET/POST requests
   session_0001.info           Info file describing TCP session #1
   session_0001.telnet.html    HTML coloured 2-way capture (time sorted)
   session_0001.telnet.raw     Raw data 2-way capture (time sorted)
   session_0001.telnet.raw1    Raw 1-way capture (assembeled) server->client
   session_0001.telnet.raw2    Raw 1-way capture (assembeled) client->server
   session_0002.web.html       HTML coloured 2-way
   session_0002.part_01.html   HTTP portion of the above, a HTML file
   session_0003.web.html       HTML coloured 2-way
   session_0003.part_01.jpeg   HTTP portion of the above, a JPEG file
   session_0004.web.html       HTML coloured 2-way
   session_0004.part_01.gif    HTTP portion of the above, a GIF file
   session_0005.part_01.ftp-data.gz    An FTP transfer, a gz file.
CONVENTIONS
   session_*           TCP Sessions
   stream_*            UDP Streams
   icmp_*              ICMP packets
   index.html          HTML Index 
   index.text          Text Index
   index.file          File Index for standalone redo mode only
   image.html          HTML report of images
   getpost.html        HTML report of HTTP GET/POST requests
   *.info              Info file describing the Session/Stream
   *.raw               Raw data 2-way capture (time sorted)
   *.raw1              Raw 1-way capture (assembeled) server->client
   *.raw2              Raw 1-way capture (assembeled) client->server
   *.replay            Session replay program (perl)
   *.partial.*         Partial capture (tcpdump/snoop were aware of drops)
   *.hex.html          2-way Hex dump, rendered in coloured HTML
   *.hex.text          2-way Hex dump in plain text
   *.X11.replay        X11 replay script (talks X11)
   *.textX11.replay    X11 communicated text replay script (text only)
   *.textX11.html      2-way text report, rendered in red/blue HTML
   *.keydata           Keystroke delay data file. Used for SSH analysis.
MODES
  Normal   eg "chaosreader infile", this is where a tcpdump/snoop file
    was created previously and chaosreader reads and processes it.
  Standalone once   eg "chaosreader -s 10" this is where chaosreader
    runs tcpdump/snoop and generates the log file, in this case for 10 i
    minutes, and then processes the result. Some OS's may not have 
    tcpdump or snoop available so this will not work (instead you may be 
    able to get Ethereal, run it, save to a file, then use normal mode).
    There is a master index.html and the report index.html in a sub dir,
    which is of the format out_YYYYMMDD-hhmm, eg "out_20031003-2221".
  Standalone, many   eg "chaosreader -S 5,12", this is where chaosreader
    runs tcpdump/snoop and generates many log files, in this case it 
    samples 12 times for 5 minutes each. While this is running, the master
    index.html can be viewed to watch progress, which links to minor 
    index.html reports in each sub directory.
  Standalone, redo   eg "chaosreader -ve -z", (the -z), this is where
    a standalone capture was previously performed - and now you would like
    to reprocess the logs - perhaps with different options (in this case,
    "-ve"). It reads index.file to determine which capture logs to read.
  Standalone, endless   eg "chaosreader -S 5", like standalone many - 
    but runs forever (if you ever had the need?). Watch your disk space!

  Note: this is a work in progress, some of the code is a little unpolished.
ADVICES
  * Run chaosreader in an empty directory.
  * Create small packet dumps. Chaosreader uses around 5x the dump size 
    in memory. A 100Mb file could need 500Mb of RAM to process. 
  * Your tcpdump may allow "-s0" (entire packet) instead of "-s9000".
  * Beware of using too much disk space, especially standalone mode.
  * If you capture too many small connections giving a huge index.html,
    try using the -m option to ignore small connections. eg "-m 1k".
  * snoop logs may actually work better. Snoop logs are based on RFC1761, 
    however there are many varients of tcpdump/libpcap and this program
    cannot read them all. If you have Ethereal you can create snoop logs
    during the "save as" option. On Solaris use "snoop -o logfile".
  * tcpdump logs may not be portable between OSs that use different sized
    timestamps or endian.
  * Logs are best created in a memory filesystem for speed, usually /tmp.
  * For X11 or VNC playbacks, first practise by replaying a recent captured 
    session of your own. The biggest problem is colour depth, your screen
    must match the capture. For X11 check authentication (xhost +), for
    VNC check the viewers options (-8bit, "Hextile", ...)
  * SSH analysis can be performed with the "sshkeydata" program as
    demonstrated on http://www.brendangregg.com/sshanalysis.html . 
    chaosreader provides the input files (*.keydata) that sshkeydata 
    analyses.
BUGS
   * The following assumptions may cause problems (check for new vers);
   * A lower port number = the service type. Eg with ports 31247 and 23,
     the actual type of session is telnet (23). This may not work for
     some things (eg, VNC).
   * Time based order is more important for 2-way sessions (eg telnet), 
     SEQ order is more import for 1-way transfers (eg ftp-data).
   * One particular TCP session isn't active for long enough that the SEQ
     number loops (or even wraps).
EXAMPLES
  * Example 1:

      tcpdump \-s9000 \-w out1; chaosreader out1; netscape index.html

        or,

      snoop -o out1; chaosreader out1; netscape index.html

        or,

      ethereal (save as "out1"); chaosreader out1; netscape index.html

        or,

      chaosreader -s 5; netscape index.html

  * Example 2:

      tcpdump \-s9000 \-w output1        # create tcpdump capture file

      chaosreader output1              # extract recognised sessions, or,

      chaosreader \-ve output1          # gimme everything, or,

      chaosreader \-p 20,21,23 output1  # only ftp and telnet...

  * Example 3:

      snoop \-o output1                 # create snoop capture file instead

      chaosreader output1              # extract recognised sessions...

  * Example 4:

      chaosreader \-S 2,5      # Standalone, sniff network 5 times for 2 mins
                              # each. View index.html for progress (or .text)
SEE ALSO
  tcpdump(8), chaosreader help page.
AUTHORS
  chaosreader was written by Brendan Gregg.

  This manual page was written by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br>, using txt2man, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). The base of this text was caught off chaosreader source code.

