Wireshark Flashcards

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Wireshark

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network sniffer
protocol analyzer

analyze every packet, traffic stream, or connection that hits your computer network interface(s)

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NIC: Network Interface Card

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normal operations: discards any packet addressed to another NIC

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Promiscuous mode

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NIC will accept and process any packet it receives

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Sniffing

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monitoring and capturing all data packets passing thru a network

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