Wireshark
Whether you’re a cyber security professional, software development enthusiast, or aspiring network engineer – if you want to tackle network troubleshooting that includes inspecting individual packets, you’re probably considering using Wireshark. It’s a go-to network packet analyzer - it’s open-source, cost-free, and one of the best applications for capturing and analyzing network traffic available today. Wireshark will allow you to see what’s happening inside your network and you’ll be able to do it at a microscopic level. Started as an online project by a young yet enthusiastic Gerald Combs in 1998, Wireshark came a long way from a simple, four-protocols-only network analyzing tool to becoming a benchmark for network many diagnostic tools we know today. Thanks to the committed community of networking experts across the world, Wireshark still thrives. Wireshark’s official site is unsurprisingly blue and shark-themed but you won’t feel out of water there – it’s intuitive, simple to ...