HackerWoman opens up Wireshark, and starts sniffing (the act of capturing network packets not intended for you) the network and identifies your device’s IP.Someone (let’s call her HackerWoman) interested in learning more about you sits in the same cafe and connects to the same wifi.You’re sitting in a cafe and have your laptop connected to their open wifi.But if you’re still not clear, let’s understand what the use of Wireshark is. I’m hoping that you’ve already gotten a gist of what this tool does. If you want to know the difference between the two commands, read through the apt vs apt-get command article we previously wrote. Update System RepositoriesĪs we always do, let’s get our system repositories updated using the apt update command. For the most part, you can get just about everything with the default package. The only time you’d really want to compile from the source or use a PPA would be if you need specific functionality that you know is unavailable on the default package. The Wireshark package is available in the Ubuntu and Debian repositories by default. How to Install Wireshark On Ubuntu/Debian? So if you follow through, you should have an up and running Wireshark on your Ubuntu machine.
I’ll document the complete steps from installing to running and a few basic functionalities below. Let’s learn to install Wireshark on Ubuntu in a step-by-step manner.
Wireshark is one of the best tools for penetration testers and network administrators alike.
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