Sniffer is another word for packet analyzer
A sniffer, or packet analyzer, is a tool that intercepts data-packets from networks (ehternet,wireless,...).
A very known packet sniffer is wireshark.
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Traffic capture at boot
I'm trying to figure out what packets a linux host sends at boot in order to debug it.
Is there a way to start packet capture during boot time to not miss any packets?
What is your way of going about it?
I have found a red hat guide but it's behind…
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How to identify application that is generating ICMP echo requests on Windows 10?
My company security team has informed me that my workstation is pinging some "blacklisted" IP addresses. The enterprise security tool reporting this information sits in place of the usual Windows firewall, but it seems it is unable to tell which…
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Can't track applications network communication under same machine
I have a network application environment of 7 applications communicating with eachother through UDP and TCP. All of them using either the machine's local network IP or 127.0.0.1 (localhost) to listen on ports or connecting to eachother.
All these…
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Error during execution of Packet Sniffing command
Step1:
I have shifted my mode to Monitor and also checked by executing the following command in terminal
iwconfig
I got the result as
lo no wireless extensions.
ethos no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 Mode: Monitor Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry…
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Why do different packet analyzers sometimes produce different results?
I ran wireshark and windump at the same time. Both packet analyzers use the same winpcap library.
However after doing a row by row comparison of the results I noticed both every column between the 2 matches except for the protocol and info columns,…
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how to sniff from a remote machine?
I have a PC and a tablet that connected to a TP-Link ADSL modem.
PROBLEM:
I want to see the packets that send and receive from my modem not my PC( to see both wire and wireless packets)
I search very places for do this but I can't sniff from…
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keystroke logger
I have just started a networking module in college and am really interested in this area, and would like to continue in this career path. I have tried to get an answer from my lecturer but she cant give me one, so here it is for you.
Is it possible…
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