Ethical Hacking Tools: Situational Awareness
In networking, it is essential to keep the systems free from attackers. However, as technology continues to advance, system attackers consequently continue to identify new techniques to exploit the systems. Therefore to maintain the pace, prior knowledge on network administration and system analysis is needed. As suggested in the colleague post, individuals with malicious intent, Certified Ethical hackers (CEH), and network technicians rely on packet-analyzing tools such as Wireshark to consolidate necessary networking information. Wireshark being a multi-platform software, it offers ultimate flexibility across all user levels. Wireshark software is essential for analyzing packets using various protocols in existence, such as UDP and TCP protocol.
There are several ways supported by the Wireshark packet analyzer; the user can open the promiscuous mode hence allowing all possible network packets to be accepted into the system (Prasad & Manjula). The software also offers packet filtering, which is essential for providing only the crucial elements of a network. One of the most common APIs used by Wireshark includes pCap. The API based software integrates well with Wireshark offering several services, especially in networking cards supporting PCap functionalities. Therefore, Wireshark packet-analysis software is an essential tool for any networking pen-tests.
Reference
Prasad, M., & Manjula, B. (2014). Ethical Hacking Tools: Situational Awareness. Int J. Emerging Tec. Comp. Sc. & Elec, 11, 33-38.