sniffer

IPA: snˈɪfɝ

One who sniffs.
(informal) The nose.
(networking) A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.

Examples of "sniffer" in Sentences

It's called a sniffer and capture the information.
My sniffer is barely able to pick up the smell of a T-bone on a grill.
All they need is a laptop, wireless connection and some simple software call a sniffer program.
But, he, the sniffer, is not considered, what's replaced his role is some theoretical bogey man.
All they do is sit outside with a laptop, wait for customers to make a purchase, then use a so-called sniffer program to get into a store's wireless network.
The alleged criminals sat outside with a laptop, waited for a wireless purchase to go down, and then used a so-called sniffer program to get into a store's network.
If you want to preserve the integrity of each scent, load 'em side by side, and run your nose across them in succession--as if your sniffer were a mouth and your arm a harmonica.
He is convinced that every time you click "send," your message goes to a clunky government keyword sniffer that, on finding any of the naughty words it's looking for, blinks red lights at some snoozing functionary's desk.
In separate federal court filings last night here, plaintiffs in the TJX case provided additional information showing how computer hackers, using a data-capturing program called a "sniffer" -- may have been able to steal more than 100 million cards.