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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

Create new Wireshark profiles


Profiles in Wireshark are like customized environments, which can save a significant amount of time while auditing a network. A profile is a set of different components, such as capture filters, display filters, time preferences, column preferences, protocol preferences, color profiles, and so on, that fit together and give you a case-specific scenario, which you might require instantly.

Importing and exporting profiles is very easy in Wireshark, which is pretty useful while auditing a network where you don't have your preinstalled tools. Just copy and paste the Profile configuration files in a certain directory to use them. To create a profile, follow these steps:

  1. Right-click on the Profile column in Status Bar.

  2. Click on New... in the pop-up dialog.

  3. Now, choose any profile you wish to use as a template and type the name of the new profile.

  4. And then, click on OK.

Now, in the status bar, you will see the the same profile has been activated. The changes that you are...