Wireshark Essentials

James H. Baxter

Oct 2014 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

This book is aimed at IT professionals who want to develop or enhance their packet analysis skills. Basic familiarity with common network and application services terms and technologies is assumed; however, expertise in advanced networking topics or protocols is not required. Readers in any IT field can develop the analysis skills specifically needed to complement and support their respective areas of responsibility and interest.

Ratings and reviews

Solid introduction to WireShark for beginners and a good reference for the intermediate level user. I appreciate the fact that Mr Baxter touches one some of WireShark's more advanced customizations and visualizations. I still find many network professionals who've never used these. While he certainly can’t go through every bullet point, in each dialog he does cover enough ground in enough detail to allow the reader to intuit other capabilities. As an example, his description of how to decrypt SSL in the “Preferences” dialog should hint that you can do the same for ISAKMP. I’m only semi-disappointed that he doesn’t include a table of display filters although he does give some good examples.

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About the author

James H. Baxter is the President and CEO of PacketIQ Inc., a company which specializes in network and application performance analysis and management, including development of advanced analysis frameworks and tools. With over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, his diverse technical background includes electronics, RF, satellite, data/telecom, LAN/WAN and voice design, network management, speech technologies, and Java/.NET programming. For most of the last 20 years, he has been working specifically with network and application performance issues. James is a Wireshark Certified Network Analyst (WCNA). He is a member of the IEEE, Computer Measurement Group, and Association of Computing Machinery, and he follows advancements in artificial intelligence. James is also a private pilot who holds an amateur radio Extra class license. He is also a guitar player and an amateur astronomer. You can find out more about James and PacketIQ Inc. at www.packetiq.com.