Wireshark is an open source Network Protocol Analyzer under GNU License.
Questions tagged [wireshark]
507 questions
0
votes
1 answer
Are TCP RTO value and RTT value influenced by the packet size?
I am doing troubleshooting in my network.
I found some re-transmission by using wireshark.
The segment 1400 bytes are well transmitted but
The segment 800 bytes are lost and re-transmitted.
I know RTO value is controlled by RTT and its variance.
My…

nimdrak
- 29
- 1
- 7
0
votes
0 answers
HTML code trying to load PDF file from Site using ssl with self signed certificate
My employer has a web application that loads a pdf file onto the client browser by having a code that does the ff:
embed src="https://somepage.somesite.com/folderpath/somefile.pdf" width="100%" height="100%"
Things to note:
The site being accessed…

rjmendaxx
- 1
- 1
0
votes
1 answer
Capture packets on loopback
I'm running web service on my windows 10 machine. I decided to look at the packets between my service and client running on the same machine by using Wireshark. I know that it is not possible to get listen to packets on the same machine, but I found…

vico
- 99
- 1
- 2
0
votes
0 answers
Unable to use VNC when connected to OpenVPN
When I try to VNC to a particular machine #1 (192.168.1.221) from within the network I am able to connect to it without issue. When I try to connect from outside the network from my OpenVPN VPN I am unable to do so, the connection will either take…

Coldgate32
- 1
- 2
0
votes
1 answer
discover additional scripts loaded from other sites when visiting a website with DNS
I noticed a (relatively) huge amount of dns packets in my wireshark recording while only visiting plain websites. Sites like amazon, facebook, comodoca and many others are requested by dns packets. So does it make sense to use dns packets as an…

BeldCode
- 13
- 1
0
votes
1 answer
Get mac address based on ip in filter wireshark
i am a test engineer writing some test cases.
I am trying to write a test which has to be performed in wireshark.
However, my collegues aren't that "into wireshark" and i would like to keep it as simple as possible for them.
The core of the TC is…

tomvda
- 101
- 1
0
votes
1 answer
How is the Ethernet payload only max 1500, while I can ping with larger size packet?
Just recently I came to know that the payload of Ethernet is max 1500 bytes (mtu).
The first thing that came to my mind was that we can ping with much more size than that. So I thought maybe the ping packet is being fragemented in someway. So I…

AhmedWas
- 373
- 2
- 11
0
votes
0 answers
WIreshark Filter to track Exchange Traffic from PC to Exchange Server 2007 and out
I've got a Windows Exchange Server 2007 that appears to be sending mail when I've confirmed nobody is on the network. I'm trying to determine if the exchange server is compromised or if a client on the network is spewing out spam that is eventually…

Rocco The Taco
- 143
- 7
0
votes
1 answer
Verify TLS version between client and server with HTTP proxy in the middle
I am trying to verify the TLS version that my application is using with a server that I connect to. Normally, I use Wireshark and I see the protocol listed as TLS1.2 or something else.
In the current situation, I am using an HTTP proxy. My…

jglouie
- 103
- 1
- 1
- 6
0
votes
1 answer
How to turn an ethernet port into a passive listener?
I want to capture ethernet packets with my raspberry pi's ethernet port. I know I could create an ethernet bridge between two ethernet ports on the raspberry and analyze the packets internally with tcpdump. But I need the entire thing to not rely on…

guerlando
- 1
- 4
0
votes
1 answer
rpcapd behind a firewall
I have a remote server with rpcapd installed that follows strict security policy rules. Any client can access to the server only via firewall that follows same security policy (please, don't blame me, it wasn't my idea). The only port opened on the…

enzo
- 1
- 3
0
votes
0 answers
Why Wireshark is not capturing packets sent/received from my application?
I have a VB6 app that is constantly listening through TCP/IP using IPC. Microsoft Process Monitor is able to capture the port that its sending/receiving on without issue, but whenever I try to filter on these ports in wireshark, nothing shows up.…

Jake
- 101
- 2
0
votes
1 answer
How to check for firewall drops in WireShark
We have an application setup across two servers. The application is failing because a firewall is blocking communication between the two servers. I need a way to figure out every single port that is being blocked so that I can request for those…

souser
- 197
- 2
- 3
- 10
0
votes
1 answer
Is it possible to sniff packets on KVM guest loopback interface from host?
I am trying to debug network communication which happens inside CentOS 7 KVM guest. This communication goes from localhost to localhost. I suppose, that all this traffic happens on local lo interface. Is there a recommended way how to sniff packets…

honza-kasik
- 111
- 1
0
votes
0 answers
Is this LDAP network traffic normal (Windows Server 2012 R2)?
When this server is attached to our network, the 'upload' speed that every computer on the network drops from ~10mbps to 1 - 2mbps. Is this a DDOS attack, or probing for a vulnerability, or...?

Steven Graves
- 101
- 1