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Using Java to teach networking concepts with a programmable network sniffer

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Michael J. Jipping,

Agata Bugaj,

Liliyana Mihalkova,

Donald E. PorterAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 35, Issue 1

Pages 120 - 124

https://doi.org/10.1145/792548.611948

Published: 11 January 2003 Publication History

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A crucial part of the Networking course is the examination of and experimentation with network traffic data. Most standalone network traffic sniffers are quite expensive and those freely available on general purpose platforms (e.g., Linux or Windows) are quite cryptic. Because of this, we have developed NetSpy: a Java-based network sniffer that allows plug-in Java modules to analyze network data. These modules are written by students as part of their experimentation with traffic data. This paper describes the NetSpy system and the way we use this in Networking class.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 35, Issue 1

January 2003

406 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/792548

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SIGCSE '03: Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 2003
444 pages
ISBN:158113648X
DOI:10.1145/611892
Conference Chair:
Scott Grissom
Grand Valley State University
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Program Chairs:
Deborah Knox
The College of New Jersey
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Dan Joyce
Villanova University
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Publications Chair:
Wanda Dann
Ithaca College

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