About the project
In this project, we will be analyzing certain TCP/IP network traffic on a company's server using Wireshark.
We will be conducting this project on a Linux Virtual Machine.
Capturing Packets Using Wireshark
Details
Coursera Project Network
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Saadullah Sajjad, Dec 2023
About Wireshark
Wireshark is a popular open-source network protocol analyzer. It is widely used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communication protocol development, and education.
Wireshark allows users to capture and inspect the data traveling back and forth on a computer network in real-time.
Key Features
real-time packet capture for analyzing details like source, destination, and protocols.
It supports a wide range of network protocols, from common ones like TCP, UDP, and IP to more specific and application-layer protocols like HTTP, DNS, and SMTP.
offers powerful display filters for focused analysis, and features a user-friendly GUI.
Cross-platform compatibility (Windows, macOS, Linux) makes it widely accessible, and its active user community contributes to ongoing development and support.
Installing and Setting up Wireshark on Ubuntu
The following commands will be entered in the terminal of our Ubuntu Virtual Machine:
Wireshark is already installed in our scenerio however we will update it and install the latest stable version of WireShark using the sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable command.
Now we will add the user to the WireShark group using sudo usermod -aG wireshark $USER.
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