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Monitoring data uploaded by specific programs

dallasstar

Junior Member
Hi guys. I need help finding a way to monitor and view all data uploaded by a particular program on my computer. I'd like to be able to do this in my own code, but if there is any software to do this, that would also be very helpful.

Let me be more specific.

The software that comes bundled with the Zune (Microsoft's version of the iPod, for those that don't know) keeps track of which songs I have listened to on my Zune every time I sync my portable mp3 player with my computer, and it uploads this information to Microsoft's "Zune Social" server, where these statistics can be shown on my public music profile. What I'd like to do is to intercept this information as it's being uploaded, and to be able to read its contents. I don't need to prevent it from being uploaded; I just need to know what's being sent.

I'd like to be able to do this myself in code, if possible, but right now, any help would be good. I'll be programming in C++ of Java, but if there's another language or framework that works better, I'm very comfortable learning it on my own as long as someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks!
 
I don't about writing your own software, but the quick and dirty way would be to use Ethereal to sniff at whatever port Zune uses to transmit data on. However, if this information is not in plain-text, Ethereal won't do much good.
 
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