Wireshark: Packet Operations
Premium roomLearn the fundamentals of packet analysis with Wireshark and how to find the needle in the haystack!
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60 min
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In this room, we will cover the fundamentals of packet analysis with Wireshark and investigate the event of interest at the packet-level. Note that this is the second room of the Wireshark room trio, and it is suggested to visit the first room Wireshark: The Basics) to practice and refresh your Wireshark skills before starting this one.
Learning Objectives
- Investigate network traffic captures
- View statistics including summary and protocol details
- Uncover and apply packet filtering principles
- Apply protocol filters
- Apply advanced filtering
Prerequisites
Environment
A including Wireshark and multiple packet captures is attached to this room. You can start the by clicking on the Start Virtual Machine button below. The Virtual Machine will start in split view. If you don't see the VM in split view, you can click on the the blue Show Split View button at the top right of this room page to show it. Open the Exercise.pcapng file on the Desktop an follow along.
Note: Do not directly interact with any domains and IP addresses in this room. The domains and IP addresses are included for reference reasons only.
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