Re: [SLUG] System monitoring

[Ben Leslie <benno@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 03 Dec 2002, Mick wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have found a program called Etheral(?) which seems to monitor traffic, is 
> there any other way to know what process, software, etc are active / 
> transmitting data while I'm surfing the internet?

Ethereal will give you a *lot* of information, but maybe not that useful
unless you are hacking protocols.
 
> Just seems as though my internet has slowed ... don't know what if any spyware 
> there is for linux.  

netstat will display a list of open sockets which is probably more what
you are after.

Benno.