Learn Wireshark

• Reviewing packet analysis
• Recognizing who benefits from using packet analysis
• Identifying where to use packet analysis
• Outlining when to use packet analysis
• Getting to know Wireshark
• Discovering the beginnings of today's Wireshark
• Examining the Wireshark interface
• Understanding the phases of packet analysis
• Using command-line tools
• Discovering support for different OS
• Comparing different capture engines
• Performing a standard Windows installation
• Reviewing the resources available at Wireshark.org
• Understanding the Wireshark welcome screen
• Exploring the File menu
• Discovering the Edit menu
• Exploring the View menu

3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

• Reviewing the network architecture
• Learning various capture methods
• Tapping into the stream
• Realizing the importance of baselining
• Personalizing the layout and general appearance
• Creating a tailored configuration profile
• Adjusting columns, font, and colors
• Adding comments
• Modifying complex expressions
• Filtering network traffic
• Comprehending display filters
• Creating capture filters
• Understanding the expression builder
• Discovering shortcuts and handy filters
• Comprehending the OSI model
• Discovering the purpose, protocols, and PDUs
• Exploring the encapsulation process
• Demonstrating frame formation in Wireshark

4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

• Reviewing the purpose of the transport layer
• Describing TCP
• Examining the eleven-field TCP header
• Understanding UDP
• Discovering the four-field UDP header
• Dissecting the three-way handshake
• Learning TCP options
• Understanding TCP protocol preferences
• Tearing down a connection

3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

• Understanding the purpose of the IP
• Outlining IPv4
• Exploring IPv6
• Editing protocol preferences
• Discovering tunneling protocols
• Understanding the purpose of ICMP
• Dissecting ICMPv4 and ICMPv6
• Sending ICMP messages
• Evaluating type and code values
• Configuring firewall rules
• Understanding the role and purpose of ARP
• Exploring ARP headers and fields
• Examining different types of ARP
• Analyzing ARP attacks

7 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

• Analyzing latency issues
• Understanding the coloring rules
• Exploring the Intelligent Scrollbar
• Discovering the expert system
• Discovering ways to subset traffic
• Understanding options to save a file
• Recognizing ways to export components
• Identifying why and how to add comments
• Diving into an overview of CS
• Sharing captures in CS
• Outlining the various filters and graphs
• Evaluating the different analysis tools
• Discovering where to find sample captures

5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →