You're reading from Learn Wireshark A definitive guide to expertly analyzing protocols and troubleshooting networks using Wireshark

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803231679

Length 606 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

TCP

Tools

Wireshark

Concepts

Networking

Author (1):

Lisa Bock

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Table of Contents (28) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 Traffic Capture Overview

2. Chapter 1: Appreciating Traffic Analysis FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Using Wireshark

4. Chapter 3: Installing Wireshark

5. Chapter 4: Exploring the Wireshark Interface

6. Part 2 Getting Started with Wireshark

7. Chapter 5: Tapping into the Data Stream

8. Chapter 6: Personalizing the Interface

9. Chapter 7: Using Display and Capture Filters

10. Chapter 8: Outlining the OSI Model

11. Part 3 The Internet Suite TCP/IP

12. Chapter 9: Decoding TCP and UDP

13. Chapter 10: Managing TCP Connections

14. Chapter 11: Analyzing IPv4 and IPv6

15. Chapter 12: Discovering ICMP

16. Part 4 Deep Packet Analysis of Common Protocols

17. Chapter 13: Diving into DNS

18. Chapter 14: Examining DHCP

19. Chapter 15: Decoding HTTP

20. Chapter 16: Understanding ARP

21. Part 5 Working with Packet Captures

22. Chapter 17: Determining Network Latency Issues

23. Chapter 18: Subsetting, Saving, and Exporting Captures

24. Chapter 19: Discovering I/O and Stream Graphs

25. Chapter 20: Using CloudShark for Packet Analysis

26. Assessments

27. Other Books You May Enjoy

Reviewing available resources

When you first visit https://www.wireshark.org/, you are presented with a splash page that offers download options. In addition, across the top, there are several hyperlinks to resources such as news, where to find help, and where to go to meet other Wireshark users.

Let's see where you can find the latest news.

Viewing news and help topics

The News section is where you will find the latest on Wireshark improvements, vulnerabilities, and bug fixes. Once there, you can drill down to specific versions of release notes and find more information.

On the lower part of the page, you will find links to archived news events for past Wireshark releases, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.8 – The News section at Wireshark.org

The Get Acquainted menu choice provides a link to the About page, where you will find general information on Wireshark, including features...