WireShark - Network Analysis Tool
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INTRO TO NETWORK ANALYSERS Wireshark Varun M Deshpande MSRIT, ISE
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A small Guided Tour within the world of Network Analysis Tools and WireShark in particular
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INTRO TO NETWORK ANALYSERSWireshark
Varun M DeshpandeMSRIT, ISE
NETWORK ANALYSIS
What ? A program that monitors the data traveling through the network passively Receives a copy of packets that are sent/received from/by applications
and protocols running on your machine
Why ? Capture, Decode and Analyze Network Traffic What is the network traffic pattern How is the traffic being shared between nodes
Who? System Admins Malicious Individuals
How ? Network Analysis tools like Wireshark, Ethereal, Windump etc
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WIRESHARK
Formerly called Ethereal An open source packet analyzer
free with many features Decodes over 750 protocols Compatible with many other sniffers Plenty of online resources are available Supports command-line and GUI interfaces
TSHARK (offers command line interface) has three components Editcap Mergecap text2pcap
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Wireshark – Application for Sniffing Packets
WinPcap – open source library for packet capture Operating System – Windows & Unix/Linux
Network Card Drivers – Ethernet/WiFi Card
Ethernet Card
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Details of the selected packet (#215)
Raw data (content of packet # 215)
Packet #215: HTTP packet
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