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diff --git a/contrib/queryparse/USAGE b/contrib/queryparse/USAGE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5672e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/queryparse/USAGE @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ + + +To use queryparse, you need one or more files containing pcap-formatted packet +captures, such as those generated by tcpdump via the -w switch. + +Once you have such a file, call queryparse as follows: + +queryparse -i tcpdump.raw -o outputfile + +where "tcpdump.raw" is the name of the pcap-formatted packet capture file, and +"outputfile" is the name you wish to call the saved output of queryparse. + +When queryparse finishes, it will print to STDOUT a count of each type of query +encountered during its run. For example: + +Statistics: + A: 1175140 + SOA: 23639 + NAPTR: 113 + NS: 1329 + CNAME: 1667 + NONE: 38 + PTR: 186053 + AAAA: 50858 + ANY: 2117 + SRV: 49470 + KEY: 218 + A6: 245 + TXT: 24243 + MX: 517510 +------------------------- + TOTAL: 2032640 + + + +The resulting output is in a format suitable as input to resperf or dnsperf. +For example: + +example.biz. A +example.net. MX +foo.example.tv. A +example.enc. MX +example[2].txt. MX +foo.]. MX + + +Note that there are both valid and invalid host names in the output: Neither +queryparse nor resperf or dnsperf discriminate on the basis of a host name's +adherence to RFCs. If the query was put on the wire and can be recognized as a +properly-formed query, it will be saved. If this does not meet your needs, you +may wish to parse the resulting output file to eliminate nonconforming host +names. |