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Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide Secure your network through protocol analysis

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789342789
Length 164 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Charit Mishra Charit Mishra
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An introduction to packet analysis with Wireshark

Packet/traffic analysis deals with the study of network traffic, where the objective is to understand the structure, movement, and behavior of packets. Packet analysis is performed over live traffic or done over an already captured stream of traffic.

Numerous issues arise in day-to-day networking infrastructures, and if you are responsible for handling the network or security of your digital environment, you need to equip yourself with troubleshooting and analytical tools. Most of the issues escalate and are rectified at the packet level in networking. Issues arising at the packet level can gradually end up disrupting critical business communication, leading to loss of revenue. Even the best networking hardware utilizing the most advanced and secure set of protocols and services can go against you or behave abnormally. To perform...

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