I'm quite new to tcpdump. I've never used it except for very trivial tasks.
Recently, I was asked to complete the following job.
What I have: A server with a network interface connected to a switch. All traffic on that switch would be mirrored to this server. What I need: Store all these traffic to a PCAP format file. The file should include
- Only outgoing or incoming traffic are interested. Traffic that travels only within the subnet is not needed and should not be logged if possible.
- All multicast and broadcast traffic are not interested and should be ignored if possible
- All I need is Ethernet -> IPv4 -> TCP, UDP and ICMP. Others aren't interested and should be neglected if possible
- I don't need message body. Headers (Ethernet, IP and TCP/UDP/ICMP) are enough. So the body should not be logged if possible
The traffic would be ~100MByte/s during daytime and for my work, packet loss is not tolerable (it must be continuous for 24 hours).
Anyway, as is mentioned above, I don't need everything.
Question:
- How can I do the job?
- What should I take care of so that all data are collected smoothly without loss (almost).
Thank you.