# Full packet inspection with beats?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-packet-inspection-with-beats/200555>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [September 22, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-packet-inspection-with-beats/200555 "2019-09-22T01:53:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajhstn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ajhstn/32/24629_2.png) [@ajhstn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajhstn)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-packet-inspection-with-beats/200555/1 "2019-09-22T01:53:07Z")

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How can the beat(s) system be used to listen/ingest full packets, ie i don't just want the headers, but the data also.

Scenario: Can one or more beats be used to listen for SMB TCP traffic and identify the SMBv1 dialect selected inside the request and response packets between the server/client?

Netflow doesn't have enough info, Packetbeat doesn't "appear" to support SMB/445 traffic, help?

I understand Filebeat has a TCP input, but can i filter that down to SMB only?.

I'd prefer NOT to use Logstash if possible.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-packet-inspection-with-beats/200555/2 "2019-10-20T03:53:11Z")

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