How to monitor / sniff localhost SVN protocol messages

Question

We have a local SVN client and server on localhost I would like to "sniff" all SVN protocol messages sent to the SVN server How can that be done?

Answer 1

You will need a tool which can sniff loopback or raw sockets. Try using RawCap.

Answer 2

Most tools won't show local (internal to the one computer) network traffic. You need a tool that can get deep into the local IP stack.

Try Sysinternal's TCPView http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437