TracePlus/Web Detective (eBusiness Edition) builds upon the technology used in our TracePlus/Web Detective (Standard Edition) product known as Cyclone Plus debugging technology that supports both HTTP and HTTPS protocols (HTTPS is available when using Internet Explorer, Netscape 8.x or higher, or FireFox 1.x or higher).

Furthermore, the Cyclone Plus technology has the ability to intercept HTTP information in Windows programs without launching them from TracePlus.This is a convenient feature to have when you are in a hurry.

Previous versions of the Web Detective presented HTTP headers in order that TracePlus intercepted them from the application. Since many Internet applications are multi-threaded, it became time consuming to locate the HTTP request and matching response in the Protocol View.

TracePlus assigns a session ID to all headers that were sent or received within a process on the same socket number. Then the Protocol View is sorted by the session ID. What happens is that all requests and responses will line up in pairs (except when the client makes more than one request simultaneously on the same socket. This way, you can easily understand the logical grouping of HTTP requests and responses.

The Web Detective (eBusiness Edition) provides performance analysis of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols in several ways:
￭ Each packet displayed includes the time it was decoded and the elapsed time from the request packet (for example, GET/Response).
￭ Each Web page displayed includes time that it was received, the total size of all objects for that page, the accumulated download time of the objects, and the calculated baud rate for the request.
￭ Each object downloaded for a specific Web page includes the time that it was received, the size of the object, the download time, and the baud rate.

TracePlus/Web Detective (eBusiness Edition) can unencrypt and display HTTPS traffic on encrypted SSL connections at any bit rate from 40 to 128 bits (Available when using Internet Explorer, Netscape 8.x or higher, or FireFox 1.x or higher).

TracePlus/Web Detective (eBusiness Edition) displays HTTP protocol information for SSL transactions if the application uses the Microsoft WININET API. This includes all versions of Internet Explorer starting from 4.0.

TracePlus/Web Detective (eBusiness Edition) displays HTTP protocol information for SSL transactions if the application uses the Open Source NSS v3.4 and NSPR v4 APIs. This includes Mozilla FireFox 1.x or higher, as well as Netscape Navigator 8.x or higher.

Here are some key features of "TracePlus Web Detective (eBusiness Edition)":

· Connection emulation feature converts capture timings to emulate end-user network connections such as dialup modems, DSL modems, and cable modems.
· Attach comments to any item in the Protocol View, Cookie View, DNS Lookup View, Connect Times View, Object View, and Page View.
· Improved microsecond timing accuracy.
· Compressed HTTP support (deflate and compressed). Display of compressed objects in uncompressed format
· Display of compressed size, actual size, and compressed/actual size ratio.
· Detailed cache statistics show you the status of an object in the cache before the client request and after the server response (Internet Explorer only).
· Cacheable status (calculated from HTTP response headers) displayed for each object in the Page View
· Time to First Byte calculation for all objects
· Graphical comparison of server load and response time
· Graphical timeline of object requests and responses by page
· Graphical comparison of object download speed by page
· Generate ASCII scripts from HTTP requests
· Works with all commercial Web Browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera, and AOL (SSL support for Internet Explorer)
· Works with most commercial Win32 applications that use HTTP or HTTP via WININET (release versions) with no modifications to the target application
· Displays HTTP or HTTPS traffic originating from Java applets and Javascript embedded in a Web page (HTTPS traffic supported under Internet Explorer, Netscape 8.x or higher, or FireFox 1.x or higher).
· Displays HTTP traffic originating from ActiveX controls referenced on a Web page
· Compatible with most commercial Browser Helper Objects (Internet Explorer 5.01 or later)
· Compatible with Microsoft Terminal Server (Windows NT 4.x, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server)
· Microsecond timing accuracy on Windows NT 4.x, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 Server
· Syntax coloring HTTP/HTTPS header display
· View graphic images as they appear in the browser.
· View complete HTTP requests and responses (full headers and body) in the Object View and Protocol View
· Handles chunked HTTP and HTTPS headers
· Full support for Web acceleration hardware from companies such as Redline Networks, Fineground Networks, and Packeteer
· Adjustable SSL port numbers means you can display SSL on ports other than 443
· Splits parameters of GET and POST requests into separate fields for easy viewing
· Server response time calculated for HTTP and HTTPS requests
· User definable filter profiles enable separate application configurations for different Web capture sessions
· Save Capture information as ZIP files
· Displays the server (peer) IP address for all headers and objects

Requirements:

· Pentium 3 or AMD Athlon 1.2 GHZ or greater
· 256 MB RAM
· 15 MB disk space

Limitations:

· Starting or clearing Captures will be disabled after 30 minutes.
· Headers in the Protocol View will be fully visible for the first 20 items.
· Certain statistics in all views will be fully visible for the first 20 items
· Nag screen

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Support for use in limited User accounts, fixes for SSL support under IE
· Compatible with Windows Vista Home/Business/Ultimate Editions (32 bit)