Re: Portable Ethereal

Eubanks, Paul wrote:
> Lately I’ve been getting into using portable applications.  Many 
> open-source programs have had portable versions made (firefox, vlc, open 
> office, etc…).

Err, umm, what does the word "portable" mean in this context?

The meanings I know of are:

	1) "portable" in the sense of running on multiple operating systems - 
Wireshark is already portable in that sense;

	2) "portable" in the sense of running on small handheld devices - it 
doesn't run on Windows CE, although there is a WinPcap for Windows CE 
linked to from the WinPcap site:

		http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm

	   (scroll to the bottom), and it might be possible to make it work, 
and people have, in the past, built versions of Ethereal for the 
Linux-based Sharp Zaurus:

		http://www.secdev.org/zaurus/zethereal.html

	   with UI changes to make it fit better on a handheld.

It sounds as if you might be using it in a third sense - distributing 
apps on a CD-ROM in a form that supports running it from the CD-ROM 
without having to install anything on the machine.  Is that the case?