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

Discovering the Edit menu

The Edit menu allows you to find and mark packets, set a time reference, copy, provide detailed information for creating a configuration profile, or modify your preferences. The following is a screenshot of the Edit menu:

Figure 4.12 – The Edit menu

Within the Edit menu, there are numerous options. The following discussion outlines ways in which to copy various items and find packets within Wireshark.

Copying items and finding packets

In this section, we'll learn how Wireshark makes it easy to copy several objects within the interface. In addition, we'll discover how we can locate a specific packet or a string value within the capture.

Let's begin by covering the many options within the Copy submenu.

Outlining copy options

While analyzing packets, you might see an item or value you would like to copy. The Edit | Copy menu choice has many submenus to further define options, as follows:

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