Version 4.6 of the free network analysis tool Wireshark brings improvements in decryption and export.

“Promiscuous mode” (you’ve gotta love that nomenclature) is a network interface mode in which the NIC reports every packet that it sees. If you’re using the Wireshark packet sniffer and have it set to ...

There are a host of fancy packet sniffers and protocol analyzers available to aid in diagnosing network traffic problems. Yet, one tool that is powerful in its own right, and is free to boot, is ...