
Within linux I usually always use the following basic command syntax to execute a packet dump whilst the traffic in question traverses the interface: # tcpdump –i eth0 –w traffic.pcap I can’t remember the amount of times I have been involved in troubleshooting a connection from A to B and performed a packet capture to see what is happening with the traffic. Both will do complete packet captures with the ability to save to. Wireshark and TCPdump are tools which are used widely for a variety of different purposes.



But how often do you process your packet capture files through an IDS engine to see what alerts it generates? PCAP files are something which security and network administrators analyse on a regular basis. Processing of PCAP files with Snort May 1 2013
