Wireshark Flashcards
1
Q
Wireshark
A
network sniffer
protocol analyzer
analyze every packet, traffic stream, or connection that hits your computer network interface(s)
2
Q
NIC: Network Interface Card
A
normal operations: discards any packet addressed to another NIC
3
Q
Promiscuous mode
A
NIC will accept and process any packet it receives
4
Q
Sniffing
A
monitoring and capturing all data packets passing thru a network