Session Sniffing
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BLACK BOX
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Advanced Console Server
*
* * * ttySN is being used by
(<first_user_name>)
!!!
*
1 - Initiate a regular session
2 - Initiate a sniff session
3 - Send messages to another user
4 - Kill session(s)
5 - Quit
Enter your option:
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If the user selects
1 - Initiate a regular session
, s/he will share that serial port with the users
that were previously connected. S/he will read everything that is received by the serial port,
and will also be able to write to it.
If the user selects
2 - Initiate a sniff session
, s/he will start reading everything that is sent
and/or received by the serial port, according to the parameter all.sniff_mode or
sN.sniff_mode (that can be in, out or i/o).
When the user selects
3 - Send messages to another user
, the BLACK BOX
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Advanced Con-
sole Server will send the user’s messages to all the sessions, but not to the tty port. Everyone
connected to that port will see all the “conversation” that’s going on, as if they were physi-
cally in front of the console in the same room. These messages will be formatted as:
[Message from user/PID] <<message text goes here>> by the
To inform theBLACK BOX
®
Advanced Console Server that the message is to be sent to the
serial port or not, the user will have to use the menu.
If the administrator chooses the option
4 - Kill session(s)
, the BLACK BOX
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Advanced Con-
sole Server will show him/her a list of the pairs PID/user_name, and s/he will be able to
select one session typing its PID, or “all” to kill all the sessions. If the administrator kills all the
regular sessions, his session initiates as a regular session automatically.
Option 5 - Quit
will close the current session and the TCP connection.
