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

Evaluating the different analysis tools

CS offers a solution to share packet captures with your team. Several analysis tools are available via a web interface. In addition to the graphs in CS, there are many other built-in analysis tools. The drop-down menu for the Analysis Tools is located in the upper right-hand part of the screen, where you will find various menu choices, as shown here:

Figure 20.22 – Viewing analysis tools

If any of the options are dimmed, such as Follow SSL and Follow HTTP, as shown in Figure 20.22, that means the tool is not applicable to the current capture.

From the top of the list, you will find many tools to use in your analysis. Let's begin with viewing conversations, ladder diagrams, and filtering the stream.

Following the stream and viewing conversations

Within Wireshark, we have many tools under the Statistics menu that help us make sense of a packet capture. While CS doesn't have as many features, you...