[9fans] USB snooping

[9fans] USB snooping

[matt]

potentially silly question but ...

Is it possible to snoop USB? either in some sort of promiscuous mode

or by connecting Windows <> plan9 <> device and passing the packets through

I see so many USB devices that only come with Windows drivers. I'm willing to spend the time snooping if I thought it would yield results.

Anybody know before I embark in my quest for knowledge ?

m

[9fans] Re: USB snooping

[Adam Lazur]

matt@proweb.co.uk (matt@proweb.co.uk) said:
> potentially silly question but ...
> 
> Is it possible to snoop USB? either in some sort of promiscuous mode
> 
> or by connecting Windows <> plan9 <> device and passing the packets through
> 
> I see so many USB devices that only come with Windows drivers. I'm willing to spend the time snooping if I thought it would yield results.
> 
> Anybody know before I embark in my quest for knowledge ?

Windows sniffing software:
    http://www.wingmanteam.com/usbsnoopy/

You could also fork over a pile of cash for a CATC sniffer.

-- 
Adam Lazur, Cluster Monkey

Re: [9fans] Re: USB snooping

[Derek Fawcus]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 07:43:09PM -0500, Adam Lazur wrote:
> Windows sniffing software:
>     http://www.wingmanteam.com/usbsnoopy/

I happened to run across this today:

      http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/doc.en.php

DF

Re: [9fans] Re: USB snooping

[matt]

thanks and thank you Derek

the CATC must be expensive, none of the sites seemed to carry the price

m

Re: [9fans] Re: USB snooping

[Dave Lukes]

I did consider working out how to run bochs,
just so I could spy on my favourite
usb/parport/other-manky-device-interface under Windoze,
but I wimped out after reading bits of the code ...

Although I know that timing is going to rear it's ugly head,
it would be exceedingly nice (long term) to be able to do some
sort of usb event peeking/poking from plan9,
so you could just plug in a device and prod it at least
enough to work out the IDs etc.

	Dave.

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 01:44, Derek Fawcus wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 07:43:09PM -0500, Adam Lazur wrote:
> > Windows sniffing software:
> >     http://www.wingmanteam.com/usbsnoopy/
> 
> I happened to run across this today:
> 
>       http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/doc.en.php
> 
> DF