9781789342789
Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide Secure your network through protocol analysis
by: Charit Mishra
ISBN-10: 1789342783
ISBN-13: 9781789342789
Released: 2018-06-25
Pages: 164
Book Description
Wireshark is an open source protocol analyser,commonly used among the network and security professionals. Currently being developed and maintained by volunteer contributions of networking experts from all over the globe. Wireshark is mainly used to analyze network traffic,analyse network issues,analyse protocol behaviour,etc. – it lets you see what’s going on in your network at a granular level. This book takes you from the basics of the Wireshark environment to detecting and resolving network anomalies.
This book will start from the basics of setting up your Wireshark environment and will walk you through the fundamentals of networking and packet analysis. As you make your way through the chapters,you will discover different ways to analyse network traffic through creation and usage of filters and statistical features. You will look at network security packet analysis,command-line utilities,and other advanced tools that will come in handy when working with day-to-day network operations.
By the end of this book,you have enough skill with Wireshark 2 to overcome real-world network challenges.
Contents
1: INSTALLING WIRESHARK
2: INTRODUCTION TO WIRESHARK AND PACKET ANALYSIS
3: FILTERING OUR WAY IN WIRESHARK
4: ANALYZING APPLICATION LAYER PROTOCOLS
5: ANALYZING THE TRANSPORT LAYER PROTOCOLS TCP/UDP
6: NETWORK SECURITY PACKET ANALYSIS
7: ANALYZING TRAFFIC IN THIN AIR
8: MASTERING THE ADVANCED FEATURES OF WIRESHARK
What You Will Learn
Learn how TCP/IP works
Install Wireshark and understand its GUI
Creation and Usage of Filters to ease analysis process
Understand the usual and unusual behaviour of Protocols
Troubleshoot network anomalies quickly with help of Wireshark
Use Wireshark as a diagnostic tool for network security analysis to identify source of malware
Decrypting wireless traffic
Resolve latencies and bottleneck issues in the network
Authors
Charit Mishra
Charit Mishra is an ICS/SCADA security professional. He works as a security architect for critical infrastructure industry (oil and gas,energy and utility,transport,telecom,and so on) and holds extensive experience in security standards,framework,and technologies,with real hands-on experience in security. He has obtained leading industry certifications,such as OSCP,CEH,CompTIA Security+,and CCNA R&S. Also,he holds a master’s degree in computer science. He regularly delivers professional trainings on critical infrastructure security internationally.
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