Equip someone sitting for the Wireshark Certified Network Analyst exam with the necessary knowledge to pass the exam
About This Book
* Master network analysis, security and troubleshooting using Wireshark
* Understand Wireshark's feature set via real-world case studies
* Gauge your Wireshark skills by giving mock tests and up to date exam questions
Who This Book Is For
This certification guide is meant for network and network security engineers who have had experience using Wireshark. A basic understanding of networking, network protocols, and IPv4 would be essential.
What You Will Learn
* Download, install and update Wireshark
* Perform a packet capture of both wired and wireless traffic
* Learn how to analyze save and trim the capture file
* Learn how to use Wireshark command line tools
* Learn how to import capture files from TCPDump and other vendor tools
* Learn all the essential resources to pass the WCNA ex
In Detail
The Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Certification tests candidate's knowledge regarding network sniffing, network troubleshooting and security. This book will be a complete Wireshark guide starting from basic installation to advanced methods of network security and troubleshooting.
This book will start off with an overview of Wireshark and its features. You will also learn about the basics of network analysis. The next set of chapters will help you to use Wireshark for capturing and analyzing wired and wireless traffic. You will also understand how to use GeoIP to personalize Wireshark as well as learn about the basic colorization scheme in Wireshark. Going ahead, you will analyze network traffic with the help of time values in Wireshark. You will also identify network issues using various statistical analyses. The last set of chapters will help you to create filters and work with data streams and data reassembly. You will be able to customize Wireshark using profiles as well. The book will have practice questions at the end of each chapter with a few mock exams towards the end.
By the end of this book, readers will have all the information required to ace the WCNA exam and become proficient in using Wireshark.
- ISBN13 9781838551674
- Publish Date 31 December 2019
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 February 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Packt Publishing Limited
- Format Paperback
- Pages 520
- Language English