Wireshark is a fairly well-known tool for capturing and analyzing network traffic, in fact, the standard for both education and troubleshooting.
Wireshark works with the vast majority of known protocols, has a clear and logical GUI based on GTK + and a powerful filter system.
Cross-platform, works in such operating systems as Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, and, of course, Windows. Distributed under the GNU GPL v2 license. Available for free from wireshark.org .
Installation on a Windows system is trivial - next, next, next.
The latest version at the time of this writing is 1.10.3, which will be included in the review.
Why do we need packet analyzers at all?
In order to conduct research on network applications and protocols, as well as to find problems in the network, and, importantly, to find out the causes of these problems.
It is quite obvious that in order to use sniffers or traffic analyzers as efficiently as possible, at least a general knowledge and understanding of the operation of networks and network protocols is required.
Let me also remind you that in many countries the use of a sniffer without explicit permission is equated with a crime.
Wireshark Training Video Course
Wireshark works with the vast majority of known protocols, has a clear and logical GUI based on GTK + and a powerful filter system.
Cross-platform, works in such operating systems as Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, and, of course, Windows. Distributed under the GNU GPL v2 license. Available for free from wireshark.org .
Installation on a Windows system is trivial - next, next, next.
The latest version at the time of this writing is 1.10.3, which will be included in the review.
Why do we need packet analyzers at all?
In order to conduct research on network applications and protocols, as well as to find problems in the network, and, importantly, to find out the causes of these problems.
It is quite obvious that in order to use sniffers or traffic analyzers as efficiently as possible, at least a general knowledge and understanding of the operation of networks and network protocols is required.
Let me also remind you that in many countries the use of a sniffer without explicit permission is equated with a crime.
Wireshark Training Video Course
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