What Will You Learn?

• 1. **Introduction to Wireshark**: Understand the basics of Wireshark, including its features, interface, and capabilities for capturing and analyzing network traffic.
• 2. **Packet Capture and Filtering**: Learn how to capture network packets from various network interfaces and filter packets based on criteria such as IP addresses, ports, protocols, and packet content.
• 3. **Protocol Analysis**: Explore different network protocols, including Ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, DNS, and FTP, and learn how to analyze protocol headers and payloads to identify issues and anomalies.
• 4. **Deep Packet Inspection**: Use Wireshark's deep packet inspection capabilities to analyze packet contents, extract data payloads, and identify patterns or signatures indicative of malicious activity.
• 5. **Traffic Analysis and Troubleshooting**: Analyze network traffic patterns, trends, and anomalies to troubleshoot performance issues, network errors, and connectivity problems.
• 6. **Security Incident Response**: Use Wireshark to investigate security incidents, such as malware infections, data breaches, and network intrusions, by analyzing packet captures for signs of compromise or malicious activity.
• 7. **Application Performance Monitoring**: Monitor and analyze application traffic to identify performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and protocol inefficiencies affecting application performance.
• 8. **VoIP and Video Analysis**: Analyze Voice over IP (VoIP) and video streaming traffic to troubleshoot call quality issues, jitter, packet loss, and other VoIP-related problems.
• 9. **Wireless Network Analysis**: Capture and analyze wireless network traffic using Wireshark and understand common issues and challenges associated with wireless networks, such as interference, signal strength, and encryption.
• 10. **Network Forensics**: Use Wireshark for network forensics investigations, including reconstructing network sessions, extracting artifacts, and documenting findings for legal or investigative purposes.
• 11. **Customization and Automation**: Customize Wireshark's interface and functionality, create custom filters and display preferences, and automate repetitive tasks using scripting and plugins.
• 12. **Best Practices and Case Studies**: Learn best practices for effective packet analysis, including proper capture techniques, efficient filtering strategies, and interpretation of results. Explore real-world case studies and scenarios to apply Wireshark skills in practical situations.