Re: Packet analysis and protocol analysis

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2005-07-26 Ramki B wrote:
> I am trying to understand network packet analysis and exprimenting
> with Etherreal. I have a captured file and i do not to understand the
> output , is there any references in can look into for packet analysis
> and protocol analysis?

Assuming you're talking about TCP/IP:

http://www.kohala.com/start/tcpipiv1.html
http://www.kohala.com/start/tcpipiv2.html
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tcp3/

Packet analysis without understanding of the protocols is futile.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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