=========================================== CommView v.4.0 Copyright © 1999-2003, TamoSoft, Inc. =========================================== January 14, 2003 ======== CONTENTS ======== * About CommView * System Requirements * Installing CommView * Uninstalling CommView * Ordering * Contacting Us * What's New * Other Products by TamoSoft * Credits ============== About CommView ============== CommView is a program for monitoring Internet and Local Area Network (LAN) activity capable of capturing and analyzing network packets. It gathers information about data passing through your dial-up connection or Ethernet card and decodes the analyzed data. With CommView you can see the list of network connections and vital IP statistics and examine individual packets. Packets are decoded down to the lowest layer with full analysis of the most widespread protocols. Full access to raw data is also provided. Captured packets can be saved to log files for future analysis. A flexible system of filters makes it possible to drop packets you don't need or capture only those packets that you wish to capture. CommView is a helpful tool for LAN administrators, security professionals, network programmers, or anyone who wants to have a full picture of the traffic going through one's PC or LAN segment. =================== System Requirements =================== * An Ethernet or Wireless Ethernet network card supporting the NDIS 3.0 driver standard, or a standard dial-up adapter. * Pentium 75 of faster. * Windows 95/98/Me/NT SP4 or higher/2000/XP. * Windows NT/2000/XP users: you MUST have administrative privileges to install and run CommView. * 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended). * 6 MB of free disk space. =================== Installing CommView =================== * If you already have an older CommView version installed, uninstall it and reboot. * Unzip the ZIP archive to a temporary folder. * Double-click setup.exe to execute it. * Setup will guide you through the rest of the installation process. ===================== Uninstalling CommView ===================== * Choose Uninstall from the CommView program group. OR: * Open the Windows Control Panel. * Double-click the "Add/Remove programs" icon. * Search the list for the item "CommView" and double-click on it. ======== Ordering ======== This program is a 30-day evaluation version. Below is the pricing for the fully functional, unrestricted version of the program: License Type Price, US$ CommView Home License 1 user (for private, noncommercial usage) 99.00 CommView Enterprise License 1 user (for professional, commercial usage) 249.00 * The less expensive Home License grants you the right to use the program at home for noncommercial purposes. If you use CommView to monitor your home network, the maximum number of hosts in your LAN this license allows you to monitor cannot exceed five. * The more expensive Enterprise License grants you the right to use the program anywhere for any commercial or noncommercial purpose. One licensed copy of CommView may be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers, or it may be installed on a single workstation used non-simultaneously by more than one person, but not both. Check our web site for pricing on multiuser licenses if you need to purchase this product for more than one user. As a registered user, you will receive: * Fully functional, unrestricted copy of the software. * Free updates that will be released within 1 year from the date of purchase. * Information on updates and new products. * Free technical support. We accept credit cards orders, orders by phone and fax, checks, and wire transfers. Prices, terms, and conditions are subject to change without notice, please check our web site for the latest product offerings and prices: http://www.tamos.com/order/ ============= Contacting Us ============= Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Bug reports? Don't hesitate to contact us. WWW: http://www.tamos.com E-mail: support@tamos.com ========== What's New ========== Version 4.0 * Alarms: You can configure the program to notify you about certain packet occurrences, unknown MAC addresses, etc. * New protocol decoding modules have been added: DAYTIME, DDNS, H.323 (H.225, Q.850, Q.931, Q.932), HTTPS, NTP, RMCP, RTP/RTCP (G.723, H.261, H.263), SNTP, TIME. * Multilanguage interface. * A custom decoding module can be used with the program. * New command-line parameters that allow you to load automatically rule sets and/or open adapters. * TCP Session Reconstruction windows now have the "Find" function. * TCP, UDP, and ICMP packet templates in Packet Generator. * A new "Decode As" function that can be used to decode supported protocols using non-standard ports. * A number of new configurable options. Version 3.4 * New protocol decoding modules have been added: BGP, CDP, EIGRP, IGRP, IPsec, HSRP, NFS, OSPF, RADIUS, RIP, RPC, SNA, VTP, WAP, 802.1Q, 802.1X. * New log file management tools that allow you to split/concatenate CCF files have been added. * TCP Session Reconstruction windows now allow you to jump the next session between the two hosts. * New features in the Statistics window: switching between bits and bytes per second, a bandwidth usage indicator, IP protocol and sub-protocol charts by number of bytes or by number of packets. * Optional non-promiscuous mode. * Import of capture files in MS NetMon and NAI Sniffer for Windows. * Syntax highlighting in the advanced formula window. * Improved Windows XP themes support. * An important bug fix in the advanced rules hex function; this function didn't work correctly for the byte patterns that included 0x00. Version 3.3 * Advanced rules that allow you to create complex filters using Boolean logic and simple, easy to understand syntax. * New protocol decoding modules have been added: FTP, TFTP, SOCKS (v. 4,5), TELNET. * Yet another performance improvement. * New features in Packet Generator: drag-and-drop support for many packet formats, high-speed packet generation (up to 5,000 packets/sec), and ability to send many different packets with a single click. * Log files can be optionally concatenated into a single file when the program stops capturing. * New export formats: comma-delimited files with and without hex data. * You can now save packets in different formats (CCF, ENC, etc.) directly, without first loading log files into Log Viewer. * LAN Hosts tables can now handle up to 1,000 MAC and IP addresses. * Optional "Size" column is available in the packet list. * You can define network addresses and subnet masks for the IP addresses that you want the program to treat as local ones. * Many minor improvements and bug fixes. Version 3.2 * New protocol decoding modules have been added: SNMP (v. 1,2,3), IPv6, ICQ, GRE, RDP. * A major performance improvement when opening/importing capture files: files are loaded up to 25 times faster. * Lower CPU usage. * Extended NIC statistics, such as collisions and CRC errors, are available. * You can apply rules to pre-captured data in Log Viewer. * Improved Find Packet dialog. Version 3.1 * New protocol decoding modules have been added: DHCP, DNS, HTTP, POP3, RTSP, SMTP. * A new, unique remote monitoring technology. * You can add up to 4 custom protocols to the IP Sub-protocols chart. * You can import capture files in Tcpdump (libcap) format. * More configuration options have been added. * Many minor improvements and bug fixes. Version 3.0 * A new protocol decoder; now supports ARP, BCAST, BMP, DIAG, ICMP, IGMP, IPv4, IPX, NCP, NDS, NetBIOS, NLSP, PPP, PPPoE, RARP, RIPX, RSVP, SAP, SER, SMB, SPX, TCP, UDP, WDOG. More protocols coming soon. * Supports Wireless Ethernet (802.11b) adapters. * The program is ready for Windows XP (tested with RC1). * The Packet Generator can now send packets via the Windows 2000/XP dial-up adapter. * A protocol decoder and checksum corrector were added to the Packet Generator. * You can optionally run multiple instances of CommView to monitor several adapters simultaneously. * IP Statistics can be included in the Statistics Report. * A new LAN Hosts by IP Address table has been added to the Statistics window. * The TCP Reconstruction window allows you to exclude/include data based on the packet direction. * You can now filter packets based on TCP flags. * The program can run in invisible mode. * You can now share CommView data with your own application using a simple TCP/IP interface. * The Packets tab allows you to select multiple packets. Version 2.6 * Aliases can be assigned to IP addresses. * Current rules can be applied to the Statistics window and reports. * PPPoE decoding * TCP Session Reconstruction windows now non-modal, allowing you to have several open windows with different sessions. * Minor interface improvements and bug fixes Version 2.5 * Full drag-and-drop support: you can now drag IP Statistics, individual packets, and graphs and drop them to the desktop or any folder. You can drag capture files (CCF, ENC, or BFR) and drop them to the application. * Packet Size Distribution chart and LAN Hosts Table have been added to the Statistics window. * Automatic or manual report generation: all statistics data can be saved as HTML or semicolon-delimited reports. (See the "Report" tab in the Statistics window.) * The TCP Session Reconstruction window now allows you to view data as HTML and EBCDIC in addition to ASCII and HEX. Version 2.4 * TCP session reconstruct...
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