Host filter excluding SSH noise tcpdump
Watch traffic to/from a host while dropping your own SSH session noise
tcpdump -nn -i any host <ip> and not port 22
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Full payload hex+ascii dump
tcpdump -nn -s 0 -X -i any port <port>
Ring buffer capture by size
tcpdump -nn -i any -s 0 -C 100 -W 5 -w /tmp/cap.pcap
Time-rotated capture files
tcpdump -nn -i any -G 3600 -w '/tmp/cap-%Y%m%d-%H%M%S.pcap'
Filter an existing pcap offline
tcpdump -nn -r /tmp/cap.pcap 'port 443 and host <ip>'
DNS query capture with link header
tcpdump -nn -e -i any port 53