Network packet analyzer or Online Ad Scanner are the names for the same potentially unwanted program, or PUP, that is installed by free software you download from the Internet. When installed, this ...

A hardware device or server software that captures packets transmitted in a network for routine inspection and problem detection. Also called a "sniffer," "packet sniffer," "packet analyzer," "packet ...

Chances are, if you’re in charge of supporting a network of any size, you’ll need to look at the actual packets that are passing back and forth across that network. Whether it’s to see whether a ...

The overall equation is pretty simple: If you want to understand network traffic, you really should install Wireshark. And, if you really want to use Wireshark effectively, you should consider this ...

For network admins and network security professionals, one of the most important tools to learn to use is Wireshark (formerly Ethereal), a free and open source network analyzer/packet sniffer software ...

Many of us don’t give much thought to just what is traversing the corporate network. That is largely a job for the company’s system administrator. The thing of it is, though, the sysadmin quite often ...

Do you love packet analysis as much as I do? If so, then you’ll probably remember the scene in the movie “The Matrix” where Neo is looking at the Matrix over one of the analysts’ shoulders and asks ...

NetScout’s InfiniStream 2900 Series offers customers a lower capacity, compact form-factor appliance to extend deep packet analysis to the network edge. NetScout Systems Wednesday introduced an ...

If you ever need network sniffing help or expertise, Laura is one of the best in the world. Great in person. Great speaker. I highly recommend any of her books, podcasts, and tutorials. Her web site, ...

This new version of the company's Network Time Machine (NTM) product is said to be the first packet analysis appliance that provides automated multi-segment analysis (Auto MSA) capability for both ...