YSniff - Yahoo Messenger Chat Sniffer:
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YSniff is an application to record various yahoo messenger conversation going
on in a network. It uses RawNetIo framework to trace all the network traffic
coming to a particular computer and decodes it to extract yahoo conversations.
It can decode yahoo messenger private conversation and conference conversations.
YSniff is developed by Pankaj Garg for IntellectualHeaven 
(http://www.intellectualheaven.com)


Updates:
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Please check http://www.intellectualheaven.com to make sure that you have
the latest version of YSniff.


Installation:
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There is no installation requirements to use this application. You can simply
extracts all the files in the zip distribution to a folder and run YSniff.exe
to run the sniffer.


Features:
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- Easy to use interface to trace all the yahoo messenger conversations in a
  network.
- Ability to save the recorded conversations in binary as well as RTF format.
- Ability to search in the saved conversations by exporting them all to an RTF
  document
- Records both PM conversations and Conference conversations.
- 100% free of cost


Known Limitation:
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- Not all the features of the applications are implemented, hence some menu
  items won't work.
- Does not trace packets if you use an HTTP proxy to connect to yahoo
- Does not trace yahoo chat room conversations (only traces PM and conference
  conversations)
- No support for dial-up adapters


Version:
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v0.5 (Alpha) (2005/06/06)
Current version of YSniff is 0.5 which is also declared Alpha. This means
that some features of YSniff are not yet implemented. It also means that even
though the program is throughly tested, there may be some unearthed bugs. If
you encounter a bug or have a feature request, please drop a mail to
xpankajx@intellectualheaven.com


Supported platforms:
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Windows XP (32-bit)
Windows 2003 (32-bit)


License:
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YSniff is distributed under the terms of "Shared Binary License 1.0" Please
take a look at file binarylicense.txt for details. If this file is missing, you
can get an electronic copy of the same from xpankajx@intellectualheaven.com or
visit http://www.intellectualheaven.com


Warning:
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None


Usage:
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Simply double-click to run the YSniff.exe and all the options are available in
the user interface.


Questions:
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For questions or suggestions, contact xpankajx@intellectualheaven.com


--
Regards,
Pankaj Garg
www.intellectualheaven.com

