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B<Ethereal> is a GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you
interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a
-previously saved capture file. B<Ethereal> knows how to read B<libpcap>
-capture files, including those of B<tcpdump>. In addition, B<Ethereal>
-can read capture files from B<snoop> (including B<Shomiti>) and
-B<atmsnoop>, B<LanAlyzer>, B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed),
-Microsoft B<Network Monitor>, AIX's B<iptrace>, B<NetXray>, B<Sniffer
-Pro>, B<Etherpeek>, B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer, B<Lucent/Ascend>
+previously saved capture file. B<Ethereal>'s native capture file format
+is B<libpcap> format, which is also the format used by B<tcpdump> and
+various other tools. In addition, B<Ethereal> can read capture files
+from B<snoop> (including B<Shomiti>) and B<atmsnoop>, B<LanAlyzer>,
+B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed), Microsoft B<Network Monitor>,
+AIX's B<iptrace>, B<NetXray>, B<Sniffer Pro>, B<Etherpeek> versions 5,
+6, and 7 for Macintosh, B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer, B<Lucent/Ascend>
router debug output, HP-UX's B<nettl>, the dump output from B<Toshiba's>
ISDN routers, the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project, the
output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection