WIRE SHARK - Nandhini148/Cyber-security-placement-training- GitHub Wiki

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DAY 01

WIRE SHARK : What Is Wireshark?

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer, or an application that captures packets from a network connection, such as from your computer to your home office or the internet. Packet is the name given to a discrete unit of data in a typical Ethernet network.

STEPS:

  1. Once you’ve installed Wireshark, you can start grabbing network traffic. Set the WIFI connection and select wifi method .
  2. Now search for the testfire.net website and open the login page.
  3. Try to login the page for authentication.
  4. Now shift to the wireshark tool and Use the command - http.request.method == "POST"
  5. Now the window shows you the list of packets captured.
  6. From that you can find http requests to capture the packets.
  7. You can now see the username and password captured