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Protect an application that uses internet from packet sniffing

I developed a stand alone application such a way that, application use a remote service (using SOAP/REST) which available WWW. I am using HTTPS though out the application calls. It was perfectly ...
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How to convert some packets in a readable format [closed]

I am looking for a tool for osx, that can convert this raw data in some readable format. Testing my wifi network, I began sniffing my packets, and ran tcpflow -i en1 -c I want to get the sniffed ...
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How can I monitor traffic of devices on my WiFi? [closed]

I have my kids cell phones attached to my router. What can I install to view what they are browsing and the media they have? I want to make sure my kids are safe
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Reassemble sniffed packets [closed]

I am attempting to analyse my WiFi network with on Mac OS X, is there a tool to reassemble TCP stream from Wireshark capture. I would like to see the entire HTML pages that are passing through the ...
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Security measures against packet sniffing

I work in a environment where packet sniffing can be easily done . I was worried about my confidential data . Please suggest how is it done and precaution which i can take at client level.
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How can I detect if someone is sniffing network packets on the LAN?

I would like to know if there is a product or software that can detect if there is a sniffer currently on the network? In other words is it possible at all to detect if there is a network card on ...
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Suspicious 'upstream' traffic

We are seeing unusual amounts of traffic heading upstream on our WAN connection, during the day our system can exceed (or attempt to exceed) the 1Mbps limit imposed on the connection. I have PRTG ...
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How do you analyze an unknown network protocol?

Of course Wireshark can be used to sniff traffic - you can inspect each packet or chain of packets. But how would you do it smarter? Which tools do you use to identify behaviors or to automate the ...
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What kind of network tapping/sniffing hardware can be used to install NIDS or examine networks? [closed]

I'm looking for a device that can be plugged in between a client computer and a switch and records all ethernet packets and puts it into a pcap file or similar in order to analyse it with wireshark. ...
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Are my credentials unsafe if I am already logged-in before connecting to a public network?

Let's say I am already logged-in to my Gmail or Yahoo account using my 3G then I switched to a public WIFI in an airport or cafe. Is my username and password still vulnerable? What others kinds of ...
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monitoring outgoing network traffic

The graphs for one server that I am using are showing consistent 7.5 kb/s outgoing network traffic that started a few days ago. How can I monitor/log/capture/analize this traffic to see what is it, ...
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Could somebody explain the basics of Wireshark to me [closed]

I've downloaded Wireshark, messed around with the GUI a bit and, honestly, I can't make head nor tail of what I am looking at. I understand that Winpcap allows me to create a copy of every packet ...
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sniffing/recording GSM 3G signals

Is it possible to sniff or record and process GSM 3G signals (from some reciever) given that there is no other signals interrupting etc (the most comfortable conditions) Update (with some supporting ...
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Sniffing the sniffer

A sniffs B while B is sniffing C. What's the traffic in A? Does A catches both B and C traffic or only B's?
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Can an attacker sniff Mac addresses on a wifi?

If an attacker turns on wifi but doesn't have the security key to connect to an access point in range, can he still sniff packets that travel between the access point and clients connected to the ...
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How to see whether the pcap contains RTP traffic?

I am analyzing the traffic of a VOIP application. I started up wireshark, and made sure no other application was using internet, and then had a a voice call on the application. Wireshark captured some ...
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Obtain credentials by spoofing WPA/WPA2 Enterprise network?

I have a large scale wireless network secured using WPA/WPA2 Enterprise authentication. Recently, I was made aware of the possibility that someone may use a dd-wrt router and a computer to spoof the ...
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How to get hold of and use WPA session keys?

I'm testing sniffing and decrypting my WPA2 wifi network traffic. But when using airdecap to decrypt the capture file (created by airodump) using my WPA passphrase I only get broadcast traffic. If I ...
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extract from pcap all protocols found

I have some pcap files, and i would like just to get a list of protocols that are present on that pcap file. I would like it in a batch mode, not using wireshark I think tshark is able to do it, but ...