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Mastering Wireshark

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Mastering Wireshark

Overview of this book

Wireshark is a popular and powerful tool used to analyze the amount of bits and bytes that are flowing through a network. Wireshark deals with the second to seventh layer of network protocols, and the analysis made is presented in a human readable form. Mastering Wireshark will help you raise your knowledge to an expert level. At the start of the book, you will be taught how to install Wireshark, and will be introduced to its interface so you understand all its functionalities. Moving forward, you will discover different ways to create and use capture and display filters. Halfway through the book, you’ll be mastering the features of Wireshark, analyzing different layers of the network protocol, looking for any anomalies. As you reach to the end of the book, you will be taught how to use Wireshark for network security analysis and configure it for troubleshooting purposes.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mastering Wireshark
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Practice questions


Q.1 After reading the IEEE 802.11 section in this chapter, make an extensive note regarding this protocol and whatever you have understood—take help from the respective RFC if you want to.

Q.2 Install any Linux-based system live on an individual machine and try to enable the monitor mode using the commands mentioned in this chapter.

Q.3 Capture the packets with the monitor mode off and the promiscuous mode on first, and then capture with the monitor mode on and the Promiscuous mode on. Analyze the difference.

Q.4 Install the Aircrack tool on your Windows machine and try capturing the 802.11 traffic around you.

Q.5 What is the difference between the various standards available in 802.11 (b/a/g/n/i.)?

Q.6 Suppose you have a router, and over to one end of the router you have a switch connected, which further connects to multiple wired clients. Over the other end of the router, you have a wireless access point connect, which serves as a medium to let various wireless devices connect...