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Review and how it works
Wireshark was thought as a network protocol analyzer freeware for Windows and Unix which assists on examination of data from live networks, or from a capture file saved on disk.
Being a pioneer in this field, Wireshark is the network protocol analyzer considered as the standard under many aspects.
Having its roots back in 1998 in the Ethereal project, it is now actively developed by lots of programmers distributed around the world.
It's a cross-platform, with options for both GUI and CLI user interfaces that provide options for deep analysis of many protocols.
This application can capture traffic from lots of various network media types.
It is able to read and analyze capture files from tcpdump (libpcap), NAI Sniffer (compressed/uncompressed), Sniffer Pro, Net Xray, snoop, Shomiti Surveyor.
What is new?
Security updates as well as several new features
Brief details
Provides an interface for capturing raw network traffic.
Similar to tcpdump, but with graphical presentation.
Several options for information sorting and filtering.
See all the traffic that flows over.
Capture and analyze data packets.
Compatible with several networking protocols.
Creating plug-ins for reading new protocols.
Capturing raw USB traffic.
Detecting VoIP calls in the captured traffic. If uses a compatible encoding, it will even be able to play the media flow.
How to install & uninstall Wireshark - system requirements
Nothing special to install, use or uninstall it.
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