Driftnet is a network traffic monitoring software that extracts images from TCP streams.
Driftnet is a unique software that listens to network traffic and pulls out images from the TCP streams it encounters. It's an exciting program to run on a host that experiences a lot of web traffic. If that wasn't enough, this experimental software has now been enhanced to extract MPEG audio streams from network traffic and attempts to play them.
It's important to state that Driftnet is an invasion of privacy in a rather obvious way. If you're someone with Victorian sensibilities who shares an unswitched network with other users who don't, it's best not to use it. For those seeking a less controversial network monitoring application, you might want to check out Paul Warren's iftop.
With Driftnet, now you can use Jamie Zawinski's webcollage, making it more versatile than ever before. Also worth mentioning, the software now has a new update that changes the algorithm used to search for image start blocks to Boyer-Moore, which results in a performance improvement. Lastly, some build issues that were present in previous versions have been remedied, making this the best version of Driftnet yet.
It's important to state that Driftnet is an invasion of privacy in a rather obvious way. If you're someone with Victorian sensibilities who shares an unswitched network with other users who don't, it's best not to use it. For those seeking a less controversial network monitoring application, you might want to check out Paul Warren's iftop.
With Driftnet, now you can use Jamie Zawinski's webcollage, making it more versatile than ever before. Also worth mentioning, the software now has a new update that changes the algorithm used to search for image start blocks to Boyer-Moore, which results in a performance improvement. Lastly, some build issues that were present in previous versions have been remedied, making this the best version of Driftnet yet.
What's New
Version 0.1.6: N/A