Description

Wireshark is the world's most popular network analyzer tool with over 1 million downloads per month. As the Founder of Wireshark University, Laura Chappell is undoubtedly one of the best Wireshark instructors around.

In this updated book, Laura offers step-by-step instructions on the key functions and features of Wireshark, including:

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

This book includes 46 step-by-step Labs to quickly bring you up to speed with Wireshark version 2 regardless of whether you are a newbie or already working with Wireshark today!