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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

The Statistics menu


Statistics in Wireshark are not presented to you just through recorded figures; there are graphical features too, which can present the figures in terms of graphs. Using this, the analysis process becomes easier and much efficient. Multiple types of graphs are available, which we can use to collect valuable information.

Command-line tools are like a samurai's sword, which will enhance the capability of a moderate user to become and act like an advanced user. In this chapter, we will see a couple of inbuilt tools that are command based.

Using the Statistics menu

A wide range of tools related to network stats is available in the menu, which facilitate users in gaining information ranging from general info to specific protocol related info in detail.

The general details with respect to the packets captured, filters applied, marked packets, and various other stats can be checked in the Statistics menu. Though this option is just for informational purpose, at times this can be...