Using WireShark
WireShark is used to address various issues that are related to the functioning of the network by network administrators, but it also plays an invaluable role in cases of network traffic analysis in investigations of incidents.
The WireShark interface can be divided into three main parts.
The upper part displays the list of packages. Each package information is available. By default, the packet number, timestamp, source, and destination address, protocol, packet length, and special protocols for different information.
The middle section displays detailed information about the package, which is selected in the upper part.
The bottom window displays the individual bytes package to hex and ASCII formats such as conclusions team tcpdump, -X.
The data in all windows are connected to each other; thus, when we choose data in one window, associated data is highlighted in the other windows.
Wireshark has a lot of possibilities to analyze network packets. Therefore, to describe them in...
