When invoked with pktool v2.0 analyze --depth 2 --mode existential , the tool stops filtering for you and begins filtering through you.
I. Invocation
If you answer no, it prints:
pktool v2.0 is not merely a version increment. It is a philosophical rupture.
pktool v2.0 cannot be terminated with SIGKILL. It can only be closed with a gesture of understanding. pktool v2.0
In the beginning was the raw socket. And the raw socket was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep buffer. And the system said, sendto() — and there was packet.
[00:00:00.000] — Ingress on eth0. You were looking for anomalies. [00:00:00.001] — ARP who-has. You ignored it. Protocol nostalgia. [00:00:00.300] — TLS Client Hello (SNI: bank.com). Your pupils dilated. [00:00:00.302] — TCP Dup ACK. You scrolled faster. Avoidance registered. [00:00:01.000] — Silence. You thought of mortality. [00:00:02.000] — ICMP Echo Reply. You were not expecting this. Relief. When invoked with pktool v2
Where v1.0 asked “What is in the packet?” v2.0 asks *“What is the packet in ?”