how to capture packet headers but not the payload in tcpdump?

Hey guys,

I only want to record packet headers to a file via "tcpdump -w
traffic.log" and I do not want it to save the payload or else the log
could get huge.

Thanks!
George

"George Nychis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:1139339416.777519.254380
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Hey guys,
>
> I only want to record packet headers to a file via "tcpdump -w
> traffic.log" and I do not want it to save the payload or else the log
> could get huge.
>
> Thanks!
> George
>
>

Use -s to specify the maximum bytes to capture of each packet.

Klazmon.