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Outlining the benefits of Wireshark

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Outlining the benefits of Wireshark

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- [Instructor] Although there are many other packet analysis tools available, the tool I prefer is Wireshark, an open source tool with a rich graphical user interface and many built-in features. Wireshark is the tool that we can use to baseline the network and then actively monitor the changes and identify threats and respond more quickly to remove them from the network. In addition to Wireshark, there are other packet analyzers. Cain and Abel can recover passwords by sniffing the network and can record voiceover IP conversations. tcpdump is a protocol analyzer that runs from the command line and NarusInsight, formerly carnivore can monitor all internet traffic. Network administrators should be familiar with packet analysis. As we can see on this webpage, Cisco builds Wireshark into the Cisco Nexus 7,000 series along with many other devices. If you've never used Wireshark, then go to wireshark.org. The home page…

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