Chapter 20: Using CloudShark for Packet Analysis

Although Wireshark is a powerful, versatile tool, there are times when you may need to involve your team in a packet analysis exercise. One site that makes it easy to share your packet captures with co-workers is CloudShark (CS). CS does not have as many features as Wireshark; however, you can still complete a number of functional tasks during an analysis. In this chapter, we'll discover CS, a browser-based solution that offers several of the same benefits as Wireshark.

You'll learn that, in addition to the basic tasks, you can create an account and perform more advanced functions such as uploading and sharing captures. So that you can get the full benefit of CS, we'll step through basic packet capture analysis, such as applying filters to narrow the scope. In addition, we'll learn how to create graphs that provide a visual representation of the data. We'll also explore some of the built-in analysis tools...