Hands-On Traffic Analysis in Wireshark Course

This course provides an introduction to Wireshark and an analysis of some common protocols in Wireshark.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Course description

Wireshark is probably the most commonly used tool for network traffic analysis and will be used throughout this learning path. This course introduces some of the useful features of Wireshark and shows what the protocols discussed in the previous course look like in practice and how the various layers work together to make networking possible.

Syllabus

TFTP Demo

Video - 00:04:00
Examination of TFTP packets in Wireshark.
SSH Demo

Video - 00:03:00
Examination of SSH packets in Wireshark.
SMTP Demo

Video - 00:05:00
Examination of SMTP packets in Wireshark.
IRC Demo

Video - 00:04:00
Examination of IRC packets in Wireshark.
HTTP Demo

Video - 00:07:00
Examination of HTTP packets in Wireshark.
FTP Demo

Video - 00:05:00
Examination of FTP packets in Wireshark.
DNS Demo

Video - 00:09:00
Examination of DNS packets in Wireshark.
ARP Demo

Video - 00:06:00
Examination of ARP packets in Wireshark.
ICMP Demo

Video - 00:04:00
Examination of ICMP packets in Wireshark.
UDP Demo

Video - 00:05:00
Examination of UDP packets in Wireshark.
TCP Demo

Video - 00:08:00
Examination of TCP packets in Wireshark.
IP Demo

Video - 00:12:00
Examination of IP packets in Wireshark.
Features of Wireshark

Video - 00:26:00
A screen capture demonstrating some of the useful features of Wireshark.
Introduction to Wireshark

Video - 00:07:00
Provides a brief introduction to the packet capture and analysis tool Wireshark.

Meet the author

Howard Poston

Howard Poston is a copywriter, author, and course developer with experience in cybersecurity and blockchain security, cryptography, and malware analysis. He has an MS in Cyber Operations, a decade of experience in cybersecurity, and over five years of experience as a freelance consultant providing training and content creation for cyber and blockchain security. He is also the creator of over a dozen cybersecurity courses, has authored two books, and has spoken at numerous cybersecurity conferences. He can be reached by email at howard@howardposton.com or via his website at https://www.howardposton.com.
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