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Experiment 1

Objective : Basic Packet Inspection: Capture network traffic using Wire


shark and analyze basic protocols like HTTP, DNS, and SMTP to understand
how data is transmitted and received.
Solution :
a) Open wireshark.
b) The following screen showing a list of all the network connections you can
monitor is displayed. You can select one or more of the network
interfaces using shift+left-click or by clicking on the tab All Interfaces
Shown-

c) Once the network interface is selected, you can start the capture, and
there are several ways to do that.

i) Click the first button on the toolbar, titled “Start capturing


packets.”

d) During the capture process, Wireshark will show the following screen.
e) Once you have captured all the packets needed, use the same buttons or
menu options to stop the capture as you did to begin.

Analyzing data packets on Wireshark: Wireshark Interface

Wireshark shows you three different panes for inspecting packet data. The

Packet List, the top pane, lists all the packets in the capture. When you

click on a packet, the other two panes change to show you the details about

the selected packet. You can also tell if the packet is part of a

conversation.
Here are details about each column in the top pane :

No. : This is the number order of the packet captured. The bracket indicates

that this packet is part of a conversation.

Time: This column shows how long after you started the capture this

particular packet was captured. You can change this value in the Settings

menu to display a different option.

Source: This is the address of the system that sent the packet.

Destination: This is the address of the packet destination.

Protocol: This is the type of packet. For example: TCP, DNS, DHCPv6, or

ARP.

Length: This column shows you the packet’s length, measured in bytes.

Info: This column shows you more information about the packet contents,

which will vary depending on the type of packet.

Packet Details, the middle pane, shows you information about the packet

depending on the packet type. You can right-click and create filters based

on the highlighted text in this field.

The bottom pane, Packet Bytes, displays the packet exactly as it was captured

in hexadecimal. When looking at a packet that is part of a conversation,

you can right-click the packet and select Follow to see only the packets

that are part of that conversation.

Wireshark capture filters

Capture filters limit the captured packets by the chosen filter. If the

packets don’t match the filter, Wireshark won’t save them. Examples of

capture filters include:

a) host IP-address: This filter limits the captured traffic to and from the

IP address
b) net 192.168.0.0/24: This filter captures all traffic on the subnet

c) dst host IP-address: Capture packets sent to the specified host

d) port 53: Capture traffic on port 53 only

e) port not 53 and not arp: Capture all traffic except DNS and ARP traffic.

Wireshark display filters

Wireshark display filters change the view of the capture during analysis. After
you’ve stopped the packet capture, use display filters to narrow down the
packets in the Packet List to troubleshoot your issue.

a) ip.src==IP-address and ip.dst==IP-address This filter shows packets sent from


one computer (ip.src) to another (ip.dst). You can also use ip.addr to show
packets to and from that IP.
b) tcp.port eq 25: This filter will show you all traffic on port 25, which is
usually SMTP traffic
c) icmp: This filter will show you only ICMP traffic in the capture, most likely
they are pings
d) ip.addr != IP_address: This filter shows you all traffic except the traffic
to or from the specified computer

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