Interceptty is a monitoring tool that captures all data transmission between a serial port and ethernet connection. It acts as an intermediary and logs all information that is passed through it.
Interceptty is a popular software program that enables monitoring of a real or fake serial port and the logging of data transmissions. This application allows users to observe and record everything that passes through their serial port. Moreover, it offers the added benefit of serving as a logging serial-to-Ethernet client or server.
To run Interceptty, all you need is a Linux kernel, Solaris kernel, or OpenBSD kernel. While this program may also work with other UNIXes, the developer has not tested it on those systems. Additionally, running it requires a C library and reasonable compiler, which are readily available.
Interceptty has been tested on a range of widely-used operating systems, including RedHat Linux 6.0, RedHat Linux 7.3, Fedora Core 2 Linux, Solaris 2.8, and OpenBSD 2.9.
Installation and setup of the program is straightforward, with the following three-step process: Configuring, making, and installing.
A recent release of Interceptty includes important fixes that are particularly relevant for running in root systems with /dev/ptmx. Earlier versions of the program caused problems with permissions on /dev/ptmx on some systems. However, in its latest incarnation, interceptty can now set permissions on pty, as well as chroot and switch UID/GID after opening devices.
Moreover, if permissions are set on the pty, Interceptty creates a process to monitor it for exit. This feature ensures that permissions are reset even if the program unexpectedly terminates. Using this application on modern systems is relatively risk-free, but these precautions do not hurt.
To run Interceptty, all you need is a Linux kernel, Solaris kernel, or OpenBSD kernel. While this program may also work with other UNIXes, the developer has not tested it on those systems. Additionally, running it requires a C library and reasonable compiler, which are readily available.
Interceptty has been tested on a range of widely-used operating systems, including RedHat Linux 6.0, RedHat Linux 7.3, Fedora Core 2 Linux, Solaris 2.8, and OpenBSD 2.9.
Installation and setup of the program is straightforward, with the following three-step process: Configuring, making, and installing.
A recent release of Interceptty includes important fixes that are particularly relevant for running in root systems with /dev/ptmx. Earlier versions of the program caused problems with permissions on /dev/ptmx on some systems. However, in its latest incarnation, interceptty can now set permissions on pty, as well as chroot and switch UID/GID after opening devices.
Moreover, if permissions are set on the pty, Interceptty creates a process to monitor it for exit. This feature ensures that permissions are reset even if the program unexpectedly terminates. Using this application on modern systems is relatively risk-free, but these precautions do not hurt.
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