SPECIFICATION
VTAP simulates a wiretap by intercepting all messages as they are sent or received.

SYNOPSIS
VTAP is a virtual protocol that intercepts messages. It will print the entire message unless the tap has been disabled.

REALM
VTAP is in the ASYNC realm.

PARTICIPANTS
VTAP passes participants to the lower protocols without manipulating them.

CONTROL OPERATIONS

VTAP_ENABLETAP:

Cause the session to print the intercepted message. (session only)

Input:

none

Output:

none

VTAP_DISABLETAP:

Cause the session to simply pass along the intercepted message without printing it. (session only)

Input:

none

Output:

none

VTAP_PRINTHEX:

If the tap is enabled, causes the session to print the hex representation of each byte of the message. (session only)

Input:

none

Output:

none

VTAP_PRINTCHARS:

If the tap is enabled, causes the session to print the character representation of each byte of the message. (session only)

Input:

none

Output:

none

CONFIGURATION
VTAP expects to be configured between two ASYNC protocols.

AUTHOR
David C. Schwartz