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Wireshark Essentials

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Wireshark Essentials

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Wireshark Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Filter Expression Buttons


Filter Expression Buttons are buttons you can create that are based on display filters; these can be used to quickly apply previously-saved display filters to your capture data to identify network and application problems.

For example, to create a Filter Expression Button option that displays just TCP SYN, SYN/ACK, FIN, or RST packets to analyze the TCP session setup parameters, network round-trip delay times, and session terminations:

  1. Type the following display filter string into the Filter textbox on the Display Filter Bar:

    (tcp.flags&02 && tcp.seq==0) ||  (tcp.flags&12 && tcp.seq==0) || (tcp.flags.ack && tcp.seq==1 && !tcp.nxtseq > 0 && !tcp.ack >1)  || tcp.flags.fin == 1 || tcp.flags.reset ==1
  2. Clicking on Apply will apply this filter to a capture that you have loaded so that you can confirm that it is working properly.

  3. Then, click on Save and give the button a name, such as TCP Handshake (as illustrated in the...