Wireshark 101: Essential Skills for Network Analysis

✍ Scribed by Laura Chappell; Gerald Combs

• Publisher: Chappell University
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 372
• Series: Wireshark Solutions Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book, which we refer to simply as "Wireshark 101," is based on over 20 years of analyzing networks and teaching key analysis skills. It's the book so many people have asked for and is written with clear, concise instructions covering key analysis tasks.

If you take a quick look at the Table of Contents or Index, you'll see this book is packed with 46 step-by-step labs to help you master these key Wireshark skills. Some of the skills covered include:

- Filter on addresses, protocols, fields or traffic characteristics
- Create custom columns for more efficient analysis
- Find the source of delays with filters and coloring rules
- Perform unattended captures with auto-stop conditions
- Filter on keywords using wildcards and regular expressions
- Graph and compare user, subnet and application traffic
- Reassemble and extract a file from captured traffic
- Identify DNS and HTTP errors fast
- Export important packet details to .csv format
...and more