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Sniffing is an eavesdropping attempt which consists of capturing packets transmitted through a third party network and reading the data in search of confidential information.

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The Password between server & client is being passed in clear text

The password between server & client is being passed in clear text when SSL is already activated. The security tester is saying that, the password can be seen in network layer. Where, it is secured in the application layer due to SSL. can any one…
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Determining user's page viewing time by sniffing traffic

When a user request for a page (page request), browser request for several other components within that page (inline requests), i.e. images, CSSs, JSs, ... By just sniffing the traffic between client and server, is there a way to differentiate…
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Way to get packet count on a network with C

Is it possible to code a way to make a packet counter for the whole network, similar to Wireshark's packet count while choosing the interface. The main thing being that I want a packet count of the whole LAN not just the actual machine only. I heard…
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Why would someone scan for "/mstatic/sales/css/sales.css?v=6"?

Why would a random IP in China try to send a request for my web server at "/mstatic/sales/css/sales.css?v=6"? What would they be scanning for?
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Sniff local network iOS game host

I am having a little issue right here. I want to sniff an iOS game that makes an ad-hoc connection to another iOS device using the local network to get multiplayer, but I am unable to sniff these packets, I've tried with Wireshark but no luck (I…
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Replacing a dll in a SilverLight application (xap) for the purpose of sniffing traffic

I'm trying to understand how a Silverlight app communicates with its server. Communication is encrypted. I would like to see how messages look like before encryption. I came up with this idea: when browser requests the .xap file, I serve a version…
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How to prevent a signed request from being used again?

Let's say Bob sent this HTTP request to an API to update his email: /user/update?email=bob@example.com&userid=1234&sig=x1zz645 Now a sniffer named Zerocool recorded this request for later use. After a few days later, Bob updated his email again to…
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List cannot be copied

I am using the sniff() function of Scapy to sniff packet from the ethernet. I store it in a variable called pkt. Later I want to make a copy of the same by appending contents of pkt in another variable buffpkt. Initially I declared both the…
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Sniffing/recording application layer only

I am looking for a tool (preferably on Linux) that can sniff UDP traffic and record only the application layer to file(s). I couldn't make tcpdump/wireshark to do so, as they always write the lower layers' headers too. I tried working with snort…
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Detect Blackberry pre OS 7

I need to be able to detect if my webpage is running on a blackberry before OS 7. I need to be able to tell a user that certain elements will no function correctly. Is this possible?
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Redirect webpage to the mobile version using Android custom browser

I'm implementing a browser for Android. What I need to do is to find out whether the website I'm visiting has a mobile version or not. If the mobile version is available I should be able to redirect the webpage to the mobile version. I also have an…
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can we sniff some program's network traffic?

I want to develop a program in c# that can target and application or port's traffic and tries to view that traffic.For example,I select example.exe program in my application and it gives me it's network traffic data. Is it possible?If so,give me…
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How I can to see request headers of Flash in Extension Google Chrome?

I have extension for Chrome for seek a request and response headers. I am using webRequest.onSendHeaders, webRequest.onHeadersReceived and webRequest.onCompleted events for this. But i not see headers for load Flash. How i can do it?
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function in textwrap (Expected type 'str', got 'set[int | object]' instead)

I have this function, but I am getting this error. I have tried but am not able to fix this. size -= len(prefix) if size % 2: size -= 1 return '\n'.join([prefix + line for line in textwrap.wrap({size, string})])
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Is there a way to detect requests sent to a specific port in my router?

I opened a port to my router which is linked to a media server I got set up and its accessible from anywhere, so my intention is to monitor the requests sent to this server (essentially, sent to this port) Is there a way to sniff this port (not with…
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