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Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide
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Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide

by Charit Mishra
June 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
164 pages
3h 31m
English
Packt Publishing
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The Wireshark GUI

Before we discuss its awesome features, let's talk about some of critical events in the Wireshark domain.

Wireshark was built during the late 1990s. Gerald Combs, a young college graduate from Kansas City, developed Ethereal (the basic version of Wireshark), and by the time Combs developed this awesome invention, he had landed himself a job. After a few years of service, Combs decided to quit his job and pursue his dreams by developing Ethereal further. Unfortunately, as per the legal terms, Combs' invention was part of the company's proprietary software. Despite this, Combs left the job and started working on the new version of Ethereal, which he titled Wireshark. Since 2006, Wireshark has been in active development and ...

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