Network Analysis Using Wireshark 2 Cookbook - Second Edition

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To configure HTTP filters, you can write the filter expression directly in the display window bar; open the expression window and choose the HTTP parameters by right-clicking on the required parameter in the packet pane (as described in Chapter 4, Using Display Filters).

There are various filters that can be configured on HTTP.

Name-based filters are as follows:

• Requests to a specific website: http.host == "www.packtpub.com"
• Requests to websites containing the word PacktPub: http.host contains "packt.pub"
• Requests that were forwarded from PacktPub: http.referer == http://www.packtpub.com/

Request methods filters are as follows:

• All GET requests: http.request.method == GET
• All HTTP requests: http.request
• All HTTP responses ...