Top "Sniffing" questions

Sniffing is an eavesdropping attempt which consists of capturing packets transmitted through a third party network and reading the data in search of confidential information.

Understanding Tcpdump filter & bit-masking

I am trying to sniff the http headers by using tcpdump. This filter works well but I can't understand it …

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pcap_loop and pcap_dispatch Difference

What exactly is the difference between pcap_loop and pcap_dispatch?

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how to show iphone apps sniffing HTTP Requests?

i have iphone 3 with OS4 (not jailbreaked) and i want to inspect some apps http request urls , i tried fiddler …

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Network sniffing with python

I'm going to build an sniffing software for the university. I have some ideas but want to hear some more. …

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Python Raw Sockets (Windows): Sniffing Ethernet Frames

I have seen several examples of creating sockets to sniffing for IP Packets, for example using: s = socket.socket(socket.…

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SerialPort Sniffing

I have a device that connects to pc via USB, which gets mapped to virtual serial port by driver and …

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Sniffing and displaying TCP packets in UTF-8

I am trying to use tcpdump to display the content of tcp packets flowing on my network. I have something …

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Python Scapy sniff without root

I'm wondering if there is any possibility to run Scapy's 'sniff(...)' without root priveleges. It is used in an …

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Wireshark - reading encrypted data

Im trying to learn how too use Wireshark properly. And im wondering if Wireshark can read encrypted data it captures …

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How can I inspect form data being Posted?

I am reverse engineering an app and I need to see what is in the post data without viewing the …

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