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Wireshark Revealed: Essential Skills for IT Professionals

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Product type Book
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788833226
Pages pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Charit Mishra Charit Mishra
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Charit Mishra
Yoram Orzach Yoram Orzach
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Chapter 2. Using Capture Filters

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Configuring capture filters
  • Configuring Ethernet filters
  • Configuring hosts and networks filters
  • Configuring TCP/UDP and port filters
  • Configuring compound filters
  • Configuring byte-offset and payload matching filters

Introduction

In the first chapter we talked about how to install Wireshark, how to configure it for basic operations, and where to locate it in the network. In this chapter and the next one we will talk about capture filters (Chapter 2, Using Capture Filters) and display filters (Chapter 3, Using Display Filters).

It is important to distinguish between these two types of filters:

  • Capture filters are configured before we start to capture data, so only data that is approved with the filters will be captured. All other data will be lost. These filters are described in this chapter.
  • Display filters are filters that filter data after it has been captured. In this case, all data is captured, and you...
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