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Network Analysis Using Wireshark 2 Cookbook - Second Edition
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Network Analysis Using Wireshark 2 Cookbook - Second Edition

by Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Yoram Orzach, Yogesh Ramdoss
March 2018
Intermediate to advanced
626 pages
17h 32m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Network Analysis Using Wireshark 2 Cookbook - Second Edition

SSL decryption in Wireshark

As mentioned in the previous sections, all email protocols (SMTP, IMAP, and POP3) support SSL/TLS, where the transport layer information is encrypted and is not readable in Wireshark. In order to decrypt it, we need the SSL key used by the client.

These are the steps to follow:

  1. Identify the SSL key used by the email client. Depending on the hardware and application, the procedure to get the SSL may vary:
    • In macOS, go to Applications and then to Utilities, and then open Keychain Access. This will list all the certificates and keys for different applications. Identify the right SSL key for the email client.
    • In Windows, go to Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and then to Certificates. This will list all the certificates ...
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ISBN: 9781786461674