Wireshark is the world's most popular network analyzer tool with over 1 million downloads per month. As the original creator of Wireshark University, Laura Chappell is undoubtedly one of the best Wireshark instructors around. Laura Chappell, Protocol Analysis Institute, and Chappell University are not affiliated with the Wireshark Foundation.

In this updated book, Laura offers step-by-step instructions on the key functions and features of Wireshark, including:

• Filter on addresses, protocols, fields or traffic characteristics
• Create custom columns for more efficient analysis
• Find the source of delays with filters and coloring rules
• Perform unattended captures with auto-stop conditions
• Filter on keywords using wildcards and regular expressions
• Graph and compare user, subnet and application traffic
• Reassemble and extract a file from captured traffic
• Identify DNS and HTTP errors fast
• Export important packet details to .csv format
• ...and more

This book includes 46 step-by-step Labs to quickly bring you up to speed with Wireshark version 2 regardless of whether you are a newbie or already working with Wireshark today!