Access to CRAWDAD traces

How can I extract information from tar.gz files?

To open those files, you first need to run `gzip -d *.gz` to uncompress them. Then, for *.tar files, e.g., Snmp_Stations.tar, you need to run `tar xvf Snmp_Stations.tar` to extract the files inside Snmp_Stations.tar. Unless there is a special instruction about how to read the traces, the extracted files are in text format, so you can open them using any text editors (e.g., vi, wordpad, etc.).

How can I extract information from pcap files?

To open a pcap file (e.g., sigcomm01.pcap), you need to run `tcpdump` or `ethereal`. For the detailed usages of tcpdump and ethereal, please see the following websites:

http://www.tcpdump.org/ http://www.ethereal.com/