We are looking for a Wireshark-like tool to use on the iPhone to test a 3rd party application before partnering with the 3rd party. Any suggestions?
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I'm pretty sure nothing in the App Store will do this for you. The jailbreak community might be a good place to look - lots of Unix utilities have gotten ported over - but it's pretty fragmented.
Noah Witherspoon
2009-01-12 21:29:49
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Run it through a proxy and monitor the traffic using Wireshark.
Chris Ballance
2009-01-12 21:31:11
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A general solution would be to use a linux box (could be in a virtual machine) configured as a transparent proxy to intercept the traffic, and then analyse it using wireshark or tcpdump or whatever you like. Perhaps MacOS can do this also, I haven't tried.
Or if you can run the app in the simulator, you can probably monitor the traffic on your own machine.
frankodwyer
2009-01-12 21:36:21
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You didnt specify the platform you use, so I assume it's a Mac ;-)
What I do is use a proxy. I use SquidMan, a standalone implementation of Squid
I start SquidMan on the Mac, then on the iPhone I enter the Proxy params in the General/Wifi Settings.
Then I can watch the HTTP trafic in the Console App, looking at the squid-access.log
If I need more infos, I switch to tcpdump, but I suppose WireShark should work too.
Stephan Burlot
2009-01-12 22:48:28
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Without knowing exactly what your requirements are, here's what I did to see packts go by from the iPhone: Connect a mac on ethernet, share its network over airport and connect the iPhone to that wireless network. Run Wireshark or Packet Peeper on the mac.
Roger Nolan
2009-02-08 08:47:53
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On a jailbroken iPhone/iPod capturing traffic is done nicely by both "tcpdump" and "pirni"- available in the cydia repository. Analysis of these data are done by tranfering the capture over to another machine and using something like wireshark. However, given the active development that seems to be going on with these tools it's possible that soon the iPhone will handle it all.