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Wireshark 101 Course 3: Apply Display Filters to Focus on Specific Traffic (WS101-3)


Description
Author: Laura Chappell
Category: Wireshark 101: Essential Skills
CPE Credits: 5


This is the fourth course in a set of courses focusing on essential network analysis skills. Each of these courses are based on the best-selling Wireshark 101: Essential Skills for Network Analysts (2nd Edition) which focuses on Wireshark v2 functions. This fourth course delves deeply into display filtering – the ultimate way to find the “needle in the haystack.” This course defines display filtering methods and must-know syntax information for include/exclude filters using standard filters and regular expressions. Learn tips and tricks for filtering on addresses, subnets, applications, and keywords. Learn how to add wildcards to your filters and buttons to your profile!
Content
  • 3.0. Introduction
  • 3.1. Display Filters Methods and Syntax
  • Lab 14: Use Auto-Complete to Find Traffic to a Specific HTTP Server
  • 3.2. Edit and Use the Default Display Filters
  • Lab 15: Use a Default Filter as a "Seed" for a New Filter
  • 3.3. Filter Properly on HTTP Traffic
  • Lab 16: Filter on HTTP Traffic the Right Way
  • 3.4. Determine Why Your dhcp Filter Doesn't Work
  • 3.5. Apply Display Filters Based on an IP Address, Range of Addresses or Subnet
  • Lab 17: Filter on Traffic to or from Online Backup Subnets
  • 3.6. Quickly Filter on a Field in a Packet
  • Lab 18: Filter on DNS Name Errors or HTTP 404 Responses
  • 3.7. Filter on a Single TCP or UDP Conversation
  • Lab 19: Detect Background File Transfers on Startup
  • 3.8. Expand Display Filters with Include and Exclude Conditions
  • 3.9. Use Parentheses to Change Filter Meaning
  • Lab 20: Locate TCP Connection Attempts to a Client
  • 3.10. Determine Why Your Display Filter Area is Yellow
  • 3.11. Filter on a Keyword in a Trace File
  • Lab 21: Use a Regular Expression Filter to Locate Keywords in a Trace File
  • 3.12. Use Wildcards in your Display Filters
  • Lab 22: Filter with Wildcards between Words
  • 3.13. Use Filters to Spot Communication Delays
  • Lab 23: Import Display Filters into a Profile
  • 3.14. Turn your Key Display Filters into Buttons
  • Lab 24: Create and Import HTTP Filter Expressions Buttons
  • Challenge 3
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever