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N. K. Nainar, A. PandaWireshark for Network Forensicshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9001-9_9

9. Understanding and Implementing Wireshark Dissectors

Nagendra Kumar Nainar1   and Ashish Panda2
(1)
North Carolina, NC, USA
(2)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
 

Imagine sending a message to a friend. Easy, just write a letter and mail it to them. Alright, now imagine not one but a city’s population wanting to send a message to their friends along the borders. And not just one time message but messages every minute or even every second. In this case, it wouldn’t be plausible for each one of those senders to write their own letter and expect a service to deliver it to ...

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