The goal of this extension is to provide a set useful tools for anyone that needs to analyze the network. Tested and optimized for large files.
Features
PCAP and PCAPNG file viewer with parsers for the following protocols:
Ethernet II
SLL2
802.1Q VLAN
PPPoE (Discovery)
ARP
IPv4
IPv6
IGMP
TCP
UDP
DHCP
ICMP
ICMPv6
DNS & mDNS
HTTP
VXLAN
TLS (Header type only)
QUIC (Header type only)
Ability to search within and copy/paste from ouput.
Ability to save as text to make sharing content easier.
Ability to highlight or filter on packet types or endpoints.
Maximum compatibility with PCAP and PCAPNG files, including those output by pktmon and wireshark, with graceful handling of unknown protocols.
Requirements
This extension does not require any addition software, and works on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
Contributions
This project was written and is maintained by Zach Cusanza.
Please submit issues with this extension and feature requests to the vscode-net-tools github repo.
Contributions are also welcome!
Known Issues
Packet data highlighting for PPPoE not implemented yet
Release Notes
1.3.0
Added icon to activity bar and relocated details and data to primary sidebar to make room for additional sections
Improved formatting for packet details and packet bytes
Added packet locator panel to sidebar for highlighting or filtering on a selected protocol or endpoint
Improved coloring for users that have VSCode incorrectly configured to use a light theme
Highlights byte data matching selected packet details
Added new protocol parsers:
TLS (header identification only)
QUIC (header identification only)
Fixed bugs:
Exception caused by truncated DNS packets
1.2.0
Updated icon
Expanded on DNS implementation with more record types
