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Wireshark, the Glossary

Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer.^[1]

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MacOS network-related software
Packet analyzer software for Linux
Pentesting software toolkits
Software that was ported from GTK to Qt
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Windows network-related software

Aircrack-ng

Aircrack-ng is a network software suite consisting of a detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker and analysis tool for 802.11 wireless LANs. Wireshark and Aircrack-ng are network analyzers.

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Apache Subversion

Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a version control system distributed as open source under the Apache License. Wireshark and Apache Subversion are cross-platform free software and free software programmed in C.

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Berkeley Software Distribution

The Berkeley Software Distribution or Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) is a discontinued operating system based on Research Unix, developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley. Wireshark and Berkeley Software Distribution are free software programmed in C.

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C (programming language)

C (pronounced – like the letter c) is a general-purpose programming language.

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C++

C++ (pronounced "C plus plus" and sometimes abbreviated as CPP) is a high-level, general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup.

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CA Technologies

CA Technologies, Inc., formerly Computer Associates International, Inc., and CA, Inc., was an American multinational enterprise software developer and publisher that existed from 1976 to 2018.

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Capsa (software)

Capsa is the name for a family of packet analyzers developed by Colasoft for network administrators to monitor, troubleshoot and analyze wired & wireless networks. Wireshark and Capsa (software) are network analyzers.

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Command-line interface

A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with a computer program by inputting lines of text called command-lines.

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Communication protocol

A communication protocol is a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any variation of a physical quantity.

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Comparison of packet analyzers

The following tables compare general and technical information for several packet analyzer software utilities, also known as network analyzers or packet sniffers. Wireshark and Comparison of packet analyzers are network analyzers.

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Computer network

A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes.

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Cross-platform software

In computing, cross-platform software (also called multi-platform software, platform-agnostic software, or platform-independent software) is computer software that is designed to work in several computing platforms.

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Encapsulation (networking)

Encapsulation is the computer-networking process of concatenating layer-specific headers or trailers with a service data unit (i.e. a payload) for transmitting information over computer networks.

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EtherApe

EtherApe is a packet sniffer/network traffic monitoring tool, developed for Unix. Wireshark and EtherApe are free network management software.

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Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN).

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EWeek

eWeek (Enterprise Newsweekly, stylized as eWEEK), formerly PCWeek, is a technology and business magazine.

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Free and open-source software

Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that is available under a license that grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified or not, to everyone free of charge.

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Free software

Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.

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Frontend and backend

In software engineering, the terms frontend and backend (sometimes written as back end or back-end) refer to the separation of concerns between the presentation layer (frontend), and the data access layer (backend) of a piece of software, or the physical infrastructure or hardware.

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GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.

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Graphical user interface

A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation.

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IEEE 802.11

IEEE 802.11 is part of the IEEE 802 set of local area network (LAN) technical standards, and specifies the set of medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) protocols for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) computer communication.

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InfoWorld

InfoWorld (IW) is an American information technology media business.

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Internet service provider

An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides myriad services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.

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Linux

Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Wireshark and Linux are free software programmed in C.

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Loopback

Loopback (also written loop-back) is the routing of electronic signals or digital data streams back to their source without intentional processing or modification.

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Lua (programming language)

Lua is a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language designed mainly for embedded use in applications. Wireshark and Lua (programming language) are cross-platform free software and free software programmed in C.

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MAC address

A MAC address (short for media access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment.

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MacOS

macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.

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Microsoft Network Monitor

Microsoft Network Monitor (Netmon) is a deprecated packet analyzer. Wireshark and Microsoft Network Monitor are network analyzers and Windows network-related software.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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Monitor mode

Monitor mode, or RFMON (Radio Frequency MONitor) mode, allows a computer with a wireless network interface controller (WNIC) to monitor all traffic received on a wireless channel. Wireshark and monitor mode are network analyzers.

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Netsniff-ng

netsniff-ng is a free Linux network analyzer and networking toolkit originally written by Daniel Borkmann. Wireshark and Netsniff-ng are free network management software, free software programmed in C, network analyzers and unix network-related software.

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Network General

Network General Corporation was an American technology company active between 1986 and 2007 and based in Silicon Valley.

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Network interface controller

A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.

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Network switch

A network switch (also called switching hub, bridging hub, Ethernet switch, and, by the IEEE, MAC bridge) is networking hardware that connects devices on a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device.

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Network tap

A network tap is a system that monitors events on a local network.

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Ngrep

ngrep (network grep) is a network packet analyzer written by Jordan Ritter. Wireshark and Ngrep are free network management software, free software programmed in C, network analyzers and unix network-related software.

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No Starch Press

No Starch Press is an American publishing company, specializing in technical literature often geared towards the geek, hacker, and DIY subcultures.

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Ns (simulator)

ns (from network simulator) is a name for a series of discrete event network simulators, specifically ns-1, ns-2, and ns-3. Wireshark and ns (simulator) are free software programmed in C++.

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OmniPeek

Omnipeek is a packet analyzer software tool from Savvius, a LiveAction company, for network troubleshooting and protocol analysis. Wireshark and OmniPeek are network analyzers.

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OpenBSD

OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Wireshark and OpenBSD are free software programmed in C.

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OPNET

OPNET Technologies, Inc. was a software business that provided performance management for computer networks and applications.

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Oracle Solaris

Solaris is a proprietary Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems.

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Packet analyzer

A packet analyzer, also known as packet sniffer, protocol analyzer, or network analyzer, is a computer program or computer hardware such as a packet capture appliance that can analyze and log traffic that passes over a computer network or part of a network. Wireshark and packet analyzer are network analyzers.

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Pcap

In the field of computer network administration, pcap is an application programming interface (API) for capturing network traffic. Wireshark and pcap are cross-platform free software, free network management software, free software programmed in C, macOS network-related software, network analyzers, unix network-related software and Windows network-related software.

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PCMag

PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.

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Plug-in (computing)

In computing, a plug-in (or plugin, add-in, addin, add-on, or addon) is a software component that adds a specific feature to an existing computer program.

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Point-to-Point Protocol

In computer networking, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is a data link layer (layer 2) communication protocol between two routers directly without any host or any other networking in between.

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Port mirroring

Port mirroring is used on a network switch to send a copy of network packets seen on one switch port (or an entire VLAN) to a network monitoring connection on another switch port.

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Promiscuous mode

In computer networking, promiscuous mode is a mode for a wired network interface controller (NIC) or wireless network interface controller (WNIC) that causes the controller to pass all traffic it receives to the central processing unit (CPU) rather than passing only the frames that the controller is specifically programmed to receive. Wireshark and promiscuous mode are network analyzers.

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Qt (software)

Qt (pronounced "cute" or as an initialism) is cross-platform application development framework for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms such as Linux, Windows, macOS, Android or embedded systems with little or no change in the underlying codebase while still being a native application with native capabilities and speed. Wireshark and Qt (software) are free software programmed in C++.

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Riverbed Technology

Riverbed Technology LLC is an American information technology company.

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Rowan University

Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford and medical and academic campuses in Camden.

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SANS Institute

The SANS Institute (officially the Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies) is a private U.S. for-profit company founded in 1989 that specializes in information security, cybersecurity training, and selling certificates.

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Sniffer (protocol analyzer)

The Sniffer was a computer network packet and protocol analyzer developed and first sold in 1986 by Network General Corporation of Mountain View, CA. Wireshark and Sniffer (protocol analyzer) are network analyzers.

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Snoop (software)

Snoop software is a command line packet analyzer included in the Solaris Operating System created by Sun Microsystems. Wireshark and Snoop (software) are free network management software and network analyzers.

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SourceForge

SourceForge is a web service that offers software consumers a centralized online location to control and manage open-source software projects and research business software.

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Superuser

In computing, the superuser is a special user account used for system administration.

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Tcpdump

tcpdump is a data-network packet analyzer computer program that runs under a command line interface. Wireshark and Tcpdump are cross-platform free software, free network management software, free software programmed in C, network analyzers, unix network-related software and Windows network-related software.

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Tcptrace

tcptrace is a free and open-source tool for analyzing TCP dump files. Wireshark and Tcptrace are free network management software and network analyzers.

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Telerik

Telerik AD (Телерик АД) is a Bulgarian company offering software tools for web, mobile, desktop application development, tools and subscription services for cross-platform application development.

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Trademark

A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from others.

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TZSP

TaZmen Sniffer Protocol (TZSP) is an encapsulation protocol used to wrap other protocols. Wireshark and TZSP are network analyzers and unix network-related software.

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University of Missouri–Kansas City

The University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC or Kansas City) is a public research university in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Unix-like

A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.

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USB

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics.

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Voice over IP

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for voice calls for the delivery of voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet.

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A widget toolkit, widget library, GUI toolkit, or UX library is a library or a collection of libraries containing a set of graphical control elements (called widgets) used to construct the graphical user interface (GUI) of programs.

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Wireless network interface controller

A wireless network interface controller (WNIC) is a network interface controller which connects to a wireless network, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or LTE (4G) or 5G rather than a wired network, such as an Ethernet network.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireshark

Also known as Ethereal (computer program), Ethereal (packet analyzer), Ethereal (software), TShark, Tetherreal.

, Promiscuous mode, Qt (software), Riverbed Technology, Rowan University, SANS Institute, Sniffer (protocol analyzer), Snoop (software), SourceForge, Superuser, Tcpdump, Tcptrace, Telerik, Trademark, TZSP, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Unix-like, USB, Voice over IP, Widget toolkit, Wireless network interface controller.

Wireshark, the Glossary

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See also

Packet analyzer software for Linux

Pentesting software toolkits

Software that was ported from GTK to Qt

Web scraping

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