
#184: David Bombal: Free Wireshark and Ethical Hacking Course| Video #3
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You need to span or mirror Ethernet ports on switches to be able to capture packets. Otherwise unicast frames sent to know MAC addresses in your network will not be sent to your Wireshark monitoring station.
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Make sure you know where to capture packets or frames in a network. Do you know how devices such as hubs, switches and routers treat traffic? Do you know what port span is?
In this course I'm going to show you how to capture packets from a network, how to capture passwords, replay voice conversations, view routing protocol updates and many more options.
Do you know network protocols? Do you know how to hack? Want to learn wireshark and have some fun with Ethical hacking? This is the course for you:
Learn Wireshark practically. Wireshark pcapng files provided so you can practice while you learn! There is so much to learn in this course:
- Capture Telnet, FTP, TFTP, HTTP passwords.
- Replay VoIP conversations.
- Capture routing protocol (OSPF) authentication passwords.
- Troubleshoot network issues.
- Free software.
- Free downloadable pcapng files.
- Answer quiz questions.
The course is very practical. You can practice while you learn!
Learn how to analyze and interpret network protocols and leverage Wireshark for what it was originally intended: Deep Packet Inspection and network analysis.
Protocols we capture and discuss in this course include:
- Telnet
- FTP
- TFTP
- HTTP
- VoIP
- OSPF
- EIGRP
- DNS
- ICMP
Menu:
Overview: 0:00
Add monitoring station: 0:45
Start capturing traffic: 1:25
Span / mirror port on switch: 1:58
Prove that capturing is working: 2:51
Browser caching: 4:28
Summary: 5:19
Thank you to my supporters: 6:25
pcap file used in the video: bit.ly/sharkpcap3
Wireshark playlist: bit.ly/wiresharkhacking
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