dc_snoop(1)
NAME
dc_snoop - Distributed session cache traffic analysis
SYNOPSIS
dc_snoop -listen <address> -server <address> [options]
DESCRIPTION
dc_snoop runs as a transparent proxy supporting the distcache(8) protocol and (in theory) should work when inserted between any compliant
tools. Ie. this can be used to monitor cache operation requests and
responses between applications and dc_client, or between dc_client and
dc_server.
This tool is still in early stages of development and is provided very
much ``as-is''. It is intended to be used by developers with access to
the source code - for now, most configurable behaviour of dc_snoop is
set in source code and can not be manipulated on the command-line.
OPTIONS
- -listen address
- Configures the address on which dc_snoop should listen for incoming connections. The syntax is that defined by the libnal API.
- -server address
-connect address - These flags are identical, and specify the address dc_snoop should
transparently proxy all incoming connections to. For each connection accepted by dc_snoop (on the address specified by -listen) a
corresponding connection is opened to the address specified by
these flags. When either connection is closed, dc_snoop will correspondingly close the other connection. - -h, -help, -?
- Any of these flags will cause dc_snoop to display a brief usage
summary to the console and exit cleanly. Any other flags are
ignored.
EXAMPLES
- This example demonstrates the use of dc_snoop to monitor communications
between an instance of dc_client and dc_server both running on the same
machine using only unix domain sockets. Suppose the tools are started
and tested using the following commands; - # Start services
dc_server -daemon -listen UNIX:/tmp/cacheserver
dc_client -deamon -listen UNIX:/tmp/cacheclient \-server UNIX:/tmp/cacheserver - # Run some tests
dc_test -connect UNIX:/tmp/cacheclient - The following modification should be functionally equivalent (ignoring the additional latency and overhead of dc_snoop's involvement) and should generate a log file of all cache transactions to logfile. Note the change to the -server flag in dc_client;
# Start services
dc_server -daemon -listen UNIX:/tmp/cacheserver
dc_client -deamon -listen UNIX:/tmp/cacheclient \-server UNIX:/tmp/cachesnoop- # Start dc_snoop logging to logfile in the background
dc_snoop -listen UNIX:/tmp/cachesnoop \-server UNIX:/tmp/cacheserver > logfile & - # Run some tests
dc_test -connect UNIX:/tmp/cacheclient
BUGS
This program is incomplete and not at all configurable on the command-line.
SEE ALSO
- dc_client(1)
- Distributed caching client proxy.
- dc_server(1)
- Distributed cache server.
- distcache(8)
- Overview of the distcache architecture.
- http://www.distcache.org/
- Distcache home page.
AUTHOR
This toolkit was designed and implemented by Geoff Thorpe for Cryptographic Appliances Incorporated. Since the project was released into
open source, it has a home page and a project environment where development, mailing lists, and releases are organised. For problems with
the software or this man page please check for new releases at the
project web-site below, mail the users mailing list described there, or
contact the author at geoff@geoffthorpe.net.
- Home Page: http://www.distcache.org