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Screencast: Catching network traffic with Wireshark


Peter Gianoullis, Contributor
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This month, Peter Giannoulis of The Academy.ca demonstrates the popular, free network protocol analyzer, Wireshark. The tool has the ability to capture network traffic, including files from tcdump, Microsoft Network Monitor, Sniffer PRO and more.

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    About the author:
    Peter Giannoulis, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GCFW, GREM, CISSP, is an information security consultant in Toronto, Ontario. He currently maintains www.theacademy.ca, which provides organizations streaming video on how to configure and troubleshoot many of today's top security products. He also serves as a technical director for GIAC.

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