Hex and ASCII views
The Hex view displays the actual packet contents as raw hexadecimal values and its ASCII (or EBCDIC) equivalent.
Color coding is used to link the Decode view with the Hex view for both Hex and its ASCII equivalent. The Hex and ASCII views are in turn linked to the color of the protocol shown in the Protocols column of the Packet List.
When you highlight a section of the Decode view, the corresponding portion of the hex data and the ASCII data in the Hex view is shown in gray. Conversely, if you highlight a section in the Hex view, the corresponding portion of the Decode view is also highlighted.
You can choose display options by right-clicking inside the Hex and ASCII views and selecting from the following options:
• Copy: Copies the selected data in the Decode, Hex, and ASCII views. If a data field is selected in the Decode view, the data field and value is copied. If a Hex value is selected in the Hex view, the data field and value is copied. If an ASCII value is selected in the ACSCII view, the ASCII value is copied.
• ASCII:Displays the text portion of the Hex view as ASCII
• UTF-8: Displays the text portion of the Hex view as UTF-8.
• More Encodings: Lets you choose from various encoding options for displaying text inside the Contents tab.
• Decimal Offsets:Displays the offsets to the left of the hexadecimal values as decimal values
• Hexadecimal Offsets: Displays the offsets to the left of the hexadecimal values as hexadecimal values
• Show Offsets: Hides or displays the Offset values
• Show Hex: Hides or displays the hexadecimal values
• Show ASCII: Hides or displays the ASCII values
• Show Colors: Hides or displays color
• Bytes Per Row:Controls the width of the Hex view
IMPORTANT: Many protocols, especially the older Internet protocols such as HTTP, POP3, FTP, Telnet, and others transmit packet data in plain ASCII text. To prevent unauthorized access to this data, controlling access to Omnipeek should be a normal part of your security routine.