In this tutorial, Wireshark whiz Mike Chapple explains how to use the tool to capture network traffic and how to learn if your enterprise’s network security is lacking. Wireshark,formerly known as Ethereal, is one of the most powerful tools in a network security analyst’s toolkit. As a network packet analyzer, Wireshark can peer inside the network and examine the details of traffic at a variety of levels, ranging from connection-level information to the bits comprising a single packet. This flexibility and depth of inspection allows the valuable tool to analyze security events and troubleshoot network security device issues. It’s also priced right: it’s free!

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Published in SearchSecurity on 10/14/08