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Packet Sniffing is the process to capture packets. Generally, computer network packets are sniffed. Packet sniffing may seem very simple but in reality, it provides a lot of complexity related to the protocols, network mediums, etc. Packet Capture or Packet Sniffing Before starting to learn what is packet sniffing we have to learn the difference … Read more
Npcap is packet capture library for Windows operating system. Npcap is created and developed as a Nmap project. Npcap is based on WinPcap project which is currently not actively developed. The most important feature of Npcap is support for Windows 10 operating systems where WinPcap only supports up to Windows 7. Npcap Features Npcap provides … Read more
WinPcap is a network packet capture library designed for Windows operating systems. Wireshark is a popular packet capturing and security tool. Wireshark developers created the WinPcap in order to tap into the network of Windows systems and capture packets. Recently the development of the WinPcap is stopped with the version of WinPcap 4.1.3. WinPcap Development … Read more
Wireshark is a tool used to capture and analyze network traffic. Wireshark mainly used by network administrators and security professionals in order to inspect networks and find security vulnerabilities or malware behaviors. Live Capture Wireshark can capture network traffic of the given interface. Wireshark supports different interface types and protocols. Here is a list of … Read more
Wireshark is a popular network packet capture and analysis tool. It is previously named as Ethereal. Wireshark captures packets from a different type of interfaces and prints them as a floating list to the screen. It also provides detailed information about a specific packet. Wireshark can also read already captured packets in different formats like … Read more
Tcpdump is a packet sniffer for everyday use. There is a lot of packet sniffers but tcpdump differs with his general availability and ease of use. Tcpdump use libcap library which is the core library used for packet sniffing. Here we will look at general usage examples of packet sniffing. Be aware that to use … Read more