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Wireshark: Reading Traffic in a GUI
Wireshark: Reading Traffic in a GUI Wireshark is the standard tool to read network packets with a screen (GUI). Capture live, or open a .pcap from tcpdump. The packet list (one row per packet), the details (layers you can open: IP, TCP, HTTP), and the raw bytes . It shows exactly what travelled on t
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What it is
Wireshark is the standard tool to read network packets with a screen (GUI).
Capture live, or open a .pcap from tcpdump.
Three parts
The packet list (one row per packet), the details (layers you can open: IP, TCP, HTTP), and the raw bytes.
Why it matters for security
It shows exactly what travelled on the wire, including plain-text passwords on HTTP or FTP.
Learn more in the lesson: 24.3 Wireshark: Reading Traffic in a GUI