Installing Xplico Interface

The Xplico Interface is developed in PHP and it is based to CakePHP framework. This interface can use or SQLite database or MySQL database, at the moment only SQLite dispatcher is completed and tested in Xplico decoder.

You can obtain the last source code from one of this site:

• SorceForge
• BerliOS

the name of file is: xplico_phpgui-xxxx.tgz

1. Install (untar file) Xplico Interface in your Apache root directory.
2. To permit at PHP code to run correctly it is necessary enable in Apache web server:
   • php5
   • php5-sqlite
   • rewrite
3. and for simplicity (but not security) change from Apache configuration file:
   • “Options …” to “Options All”
   • “AllowOverride ….” to “AllowOverride All“
4. To be able to upload large pcap file you have to change post_max_size and upload_max_filesize values in php.ini file.
5. Enable proxy in Firefox. The proxy IP is the IP of machine where you have installed Xplico and port is 80 (Apache port).
6. The url to view Xplico Interface is: http://IP
   if you use the machine name and not IP it is possible that you don't enter in Web Interface.

Default user:

• username: xplico
• password: xplico

User administrator:

• username: admin
• password: xplico