
This video will give you an overview about the course.
Here, we'll dive into the introduction to Wireshark 3.
• Understand who monitors networks
• Look at the introduction to Wireshark
In this video, we will setup our working environment. You will learn how to install Wireshark on Windows.
• Download Wireshark
• Install Wireshark
In this video, we will explore the file menu.
• Open Wireshark
• Explore file menu
In this video, we will learn how to use the export and print option.
• Open Wireshark
• Go to file menu
• Export specified packets
Edit menu allows to work with captured packets.
• Open Wireshark
• Explore edit menu
View menu allows to manipulate the look and feel of the Wireshark 3 interface.
• Open Wireshark
• Explore view menu
Wireshark provides you myriads of network statistics tool that allows us to attain general information about the loaded capture file, as well as, some about some protocols.
• Open Wireshark
• Explore statistics menu
In addition to the menu option, toolbars in Wireshark are used to navigate.
• Open Wireshark
• Explore toolbars
In this video, we'll have a look at how we can personalize the interface, change the look and feel and use colorization techniques.
• Open Wireshark
• Explore preferences
In this video, we will learn how to save all the preference changes into a configuration profile.
• Open Wireshark
• Explore configuration profile
In this video, we will learn how the packet capture process works.
• Understand capture engines
• Look at dynamics behind packet capturing
In this video, we will learn what port SPAN/Mirroring is.
• Understand two main architectures of network
• Look at tapping into networks
In this video, we will discuss the input and output capture options.
• Explore input capture option
• Explore output capture option
Here, we shall learn how to use capture filters.
• Distinguish between capture and display filters
• Learn to use capture filter
In this video, we will learn how to use display filters.
• Learn to use display filter
In this video, we will discover ways on how to find objects and texts within a packet.
• Look at two methods of finding objects and texts
In this video, we will learn how to create expressions and assign them to buttons.
• Create expressions
• Assign expressions to buttons
In this video, get introduced to the OSI model.
• Understand the OSI model
• Look at the advantages of the OSI model
In this video, understand the OSI model layers in detail.
• Understand the roles of OSI model layer
• Look at the different types of packets
In this video, we will learn how frames are encapsulated before being sent over the network.
• Illustrate the concept of encapsulation
In this video, we will learn about TCP/IP stack, the protocol layers and the advantages.
• Look at the TCP/IP characteristics
• Understand the functionality of TCP/IP layers
In this video, we will learn how TCP establishes a connection before transferring data.
• Understand the 3-way handshake
• Look at working of the 3-way handshake in Wireshark
In this video, we will learn how to use Wireshark 3 to perform deep packet inspection for TCP Header.
• Understand TCP
• Understand TCP segment
• Look at TCP Header
In this video, we will explore UDP in detail.
• Understand UDP
• Look at UDP Header
• Explore working of UDP in Wireshark
In this video, we shall discuss IPv4 and look at how it looks in Wireshark 3.
• Understand IPv4
• Look at IPv4 Header size
• Look at the working in Wireshark
In this video, we shall discuss IPv6 and look at how it looks in Wireshark 3.
• Understand IPv6
• Distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6 Header
• Look at the working in Wireshark
In this video, we will discuss ICMPv4 protocol and look at how it looks in Wireshark 3.
• Understand ICMPv4
• Understand ICMPv4 messages
• Look at the working in Wireshark
In this video, we shall discuss ICMPv6 protocol and look at how it looks in Wireshark 3.
• Understand ICMPv6
• Understand ICMPv6 messages
• Look at the working in Wireshark
In this video, we will explore HTTP and perform packet inspection.
• Dive into the details of HTTP
• Perform packet inspection
In this video, we shall learn the fundamentals of FTP, perform capture setup, and analysis.
• Understand the fundamentals of FTP
• Look at active and passive modes
• Perform sniffing
In this video, we will learn how DNS works and analyze capture traffics.
• Understand query and response
• Look at DNS record types
• Analyze capture traffics
In this video, we will understand how DHCP works; and capture and analyze its data.
• Understand DORA process
• Capture and analyze data
In this video, we shall learn the basics of SMTP; we will also capture and analyze data.
• Understand SMTP
• Setup a demo
• Capture and analyze data
In this video, we will look at the ARP request and ARP reply messages.
• Understand ARP operations
• Look at the packet in Wireshark
In this video, we will learn techniques to detect issues on the network.
• Understand network baseline
• Explore techniques in Wireshark to detect issues
Wireshark is an open-source network protocol analyzer. It is the world's leading packet analyzer when it comes to analysis, troubleshooting, development, and other security-related tasks.
Wireshark 3 comes with interesting features designed to make things easier and smoother for developers, sysadmins, and security analysts. This practical and hands-on course will be your perfect guide and will help you gain real-world practical knowledge about network analysis with Wireshark 3.
You will begin with a quick introduction to Wireshark, network protocols, and OSI layers. Then learn to understand how Wireshark works and its important functionalities. You will master dedicated Wireshark tools such as capture tools, tracing tools, traffic generators, and more. Then become familiar with the new features that Wireshark 3 has to offer, how they differ from previous ones, and how they can benefit you as a user.
In a step-by-step manner you'll learn how to analyze your network, through clear examples and hands-on activities. Specifically, you will learn how to analyze data, identify glitches, capture web traffic, and will cover topics such as packet analysis, IP filtering, and protocol filters.
You will also learn how to secure your network with Wireshark 3 and how to use its command-line tools effectively. Finally, cover techniques that will help you troubleshoot your communications network.
By the end of the course, you will feel confident about using Wireshark 3 for your day-to-day network analysis tasks.
About the Author
Mohamad Mahjoub is a prolific writer and a Cyber Security Expert with over 15 years' experience, including more than 5 years working with Wireshark. He is a licensed and certified CISSP, ISO Risk Manager, CISA, PMP, and ITIL.
He obtained his Master's Degree in Computer Science from the Lebanese American University, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Mohamad's accomplishments and research acumen drive him and are rooted in his professionalism. He is qualified to offer first-hand professional cyber security services to individuals and companies. Since 2012, Mohamad has delivered many IT courses to fresh graduates, IT professionals, senior and executive management, and business owners, all on top of his online multilingual cyber security courses with more than 30,000 students enrolled worldwide.
Currently, Mohamad works as CISO for a French multinational company, where he is responsible for the security of IT and OT operations throughout the Middle East.