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 sisniff
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-Sisniff is a network sniffer like tcpdump, which prints out all the packets on a network interface from and to the local computer.<br>
-As a special feature, **for each packet the coresponding application sending or receiving this packet is displayed**.<br>
-With filter options like program name a specific application can be tracked.<br>
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+Sisniff is a network sniffer like tcpdump, that outputs all packets on a network interface from and to the local computer.<br>
+As a special feature, **the corresponding application that sends or receives each packet is displayed**.<br>
+Filter options can be used to track a specific application.<br>
 
 
 It supports TCP, UDP and ICMP packets, both on IPv4 and IPv6<br>
-All BPF-Filter on top of IP which can be used by tcpdump are also supported.<br>
+All IP-level BPF-filters that can be used by tcpdump are also supported.<br>
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-For HTTP connections, there is an argument (<code>-H resp. -Hl</code>) to show short or long payload.<br>   
-For DOMAIN connections, there is an argument (<code>-D</code>) to show DNS payload.<br>
+For HTTP connections, there are arguments (<code>-H resp. -Hl</code>) to display short or long payloads.<br>   
+For DOMAIN connections, there is an argument (<code>-D</code>) to display DNS payload.<br>
  
 Under some cirumstances the program/PID cannot be evaluated. This mavericks would be reported as follow:
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 Direct Download: `wget https://git.zweiernet.ch/sigi/sisniff/raw/master/sisniff` 
 
-Recent Version is 1.6.1
+Recent Version is 1.7.0
 
  
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 # sisniff -h
-usage: sisniff [-h] -i {eth0,lo,wlan0} [-n] [-P] [-p program|not-program] [-4] [-6] [-H] [-Hl] [-D] [filter]
+usage: sisniff [-h] -i {eth0,lo,wlan0} [-n] [-P] [-p program|not-program] [-4] [-6] [-H] [-Hl] [-D] ["filter"]
 
 sisniff V1.7
 2017-2026 by sigi <https://wiki.zweiernet.ch/wiki/sisniff>
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 * <code>program</code> is meant the base name of the program/application, e.g. <code>-p thunderbird-bin</code>
 * <code>program</code> can contain '*' pattern at the beginning and/or the end, e.g. <code>-p thunder&#42;</code>
 * <code>not-program</code> excludes the program from beeing showed, e.g. <code>not-thunderbird-bin</code>. The '*' pattern also is accepted.
-* <code>filter</code> is in same syntax as tcpdump uses. Must be written in double-quotes "..."
+* <code>filter</code> is BPF-filter syntax as used by tcpdump. Must be written in double-quotes "..."
 
 
 ##### Example Commands