USING WIRESHARK AS A SECURITY TOOL.

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USING WIRESHARK AS A SECURITY TOOL
Using Wireshark as a Security Tool
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USING WIRESHARK AS A SECURITY TOOL
Using Wireshark as a Security Tool:
Wireshark is an open source software available for most of the platform and is used
for troubleshooting network and identification of security issues. It can be used for capturing
data packets from the network and verify the network applications. The following figure
demonstrates the available interface that can be used for capturing packets from the network.
The packets are captured for examining their content and identification of the vulnerability of
the network. It is used as an intrusion detection system that helps in identifying the potential
attacks and improve the security of the network.
Figure 1: Running Wireshark on home network 1
(Source: Created by author)
The line at the top pane of wireshark represents the single packet captured from the
network and by default the time of capture, source address, destination address, protocols
used and information about the packet are displayed. More informtion about the packet can
be found by clicking the packet and scrolling down to the second and third window pane [2].
The second pane contains the details of the selected packet from the top pane. The sub
sections can be expanded for getting more information about the packet.