Are sniffing/debugging questions on-topic?

Question

Are questions related to sniffing traffic (tcpdump) or debugging command-line tools are on-topic?

For example tracing php, memcached processes using dtrace or strace?

Answer 1

I'd say yes if they're applied for reverse engineering. If it's for development/debugging, StackOverflow might be a better choice. Check also previous discussion

Answer 2

It depends on who you happen to encounter to be honest. I would say Yes, but some people are so pedantic that almost nothing seems on-topic. I mean, what kind of community do we have when a person has to ask if their question is on-topic before asking it?