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Network Sniffers

You can use third-party network sniffers to gather insight into the size and content of a request for unencrypted data without affecting test results. Sniffers can also provide alerts to extra packets being sent, long delays between load balancing, and redirection technologies that logs alone cannot capture.

Note: If the network is set up on a switched hub configuration, place the sniffer between the client and the server on the client–side hub.

The following diagram illustrates a network sniffer in a standard SiteMinder deployment.