AIMSniff – network sniffer

AIM Sniff is a utility for monitoring and archiving AOL Instant Messenger and MSN messages across a network.

It can either do a live dump (actively sniff the network) or read a PCAP file and parse the file for IM messages. You also have the option of dumping the information to a MySQL database, a flat file, STDOUT, or any combination of the three.

AIM Sniff allows administrators to see how often users are chatting to monitor for abuse and you can also use AIM Sniff to monitor for cases of harassment or pirated software trading.

Features include:

• Designed for network security specialist who have a deep understanding of network topology and the inner workings of internet protocols.

Website: sourceforge.net/projects/aimsniff
Support:
Developer: ALWIL
License: Freeware

AIM Sniff is written in Perl. Learn Perl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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