Re: is any one sniffing comports on win2k or XP?

From: julian linton (julian1.lintonat_private)
Date: Sat Jul 27 2002 - 21:58:16 PDT

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    try portmon from sysinternals
    http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/portmon.shtml
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "KF" <dotslashat_private>
    To: <vuln-devat_private>
    Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:52 PM
    Subject: is any one sniffing comports on win2k or XP?
    
    
    > I have an application that I need to steal data from. This application
    > is initalizing a bar code reader and I would like to see the escape
    > sequences that are used to initialize this particular device. There are
    > bajillions of DOS apps that claim to spy on a com port but I have had no
    > luck with them. Every app I try to use results in a com port in use
    > error when I fire up the app I want to sniff. Does anyone have any
    > applications to try? I need one that will allow me to monitor a comport
    > passively in win2k or XP and it must at the same time allow another
    > application to query or connect to the com port. I need to be able to
    > see the data being passed back and forth between the application and the
    > device.
    > -KF
    



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