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Re: analysing captured packets
From: "Robin Wood" <dninja () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:05:19 +0100
Thanks all. I'm going to have a look through these as they should give me a good base. The reason I want to learn about this is I'm getting into wireless pen-testing and so will need to analyse the data I capture during tests. So I'm not actually looking for analysys of attacks, more higher level captured data, things like re-building emails, watching windows domain logins that kind of thing. Obviously, the same high level data flows over wireless as over wired so techniques for either would help. I should have been more specific when I posted my original question. On 4/4/06, Dan Goldberg <dan () madjic net> wrote:
This is a good place to start learning about "what to look for": http://www.packet-level.com/productsServ.htm#labkit (I am not affiliated - nor have I been to the training) Of course the SANS Institutes Intrusion Detection course is a great place to develop hands on experience with analysis and the mastering packet analysis course form SANS to. (I am loosely affiliated with the SANS institute but do not gain personally from these activities) Dan pagvac wrote:I know that what I'm gonna say may sound silly, but what I recommend you is simply to play with analyzing traffic A LOT. Just watch the packets, filter them by protocol, IP address, or whatever you're interested in (Ethereal is great for filters). Try to follow different protocol "conversations" and try to understand what the requests and responses mean. Good luck on your sniffing experience my friend :-) Robin Wood wrote:Hi Can anyone give any pointers to good tutorials on how to go about analysing network traffic captured during a pen-test. I'm currently using ethereal but I'm not necessarily looking for an ethereal tutorial more a howto on what to look for in capture files. Things like good protocols to spot (e.g. ftp logs in in plaintext so you can grab login details), how to recognise what is going on by watching the high level handshakes (e.g. a http get is usually followed by a response containing html), things like that. Thanks Robin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Concerned about Web Application Security? As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/forms/ec.php?pubid=10025 And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Concerned about Web Application Security? As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/forms/ec.php?pubid=10025 And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Dan Goldberg MADJiC Consulting, Inc. Information Security Services http://www.madjic.net -- dan () madjic net GPG Fingerprint: FC61 396F 8952 EC76 8CCB DAF1 4DD9 5B4C 07E0 B0BA Public Key: http://www.madjic.net/dbg.asc -- Incident Handler - Internet Storm Center http://isc.sans.org/
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Current thread:
- Re: analysing captured packets Stevo (Apr 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: analysing captured packets Don Parker (Apr 02)
- Re: analysing captured packets pagvac (Apr 02)
- Re: analysing captured packets Robin Wood (Apr 02)
- Re: analysing captured packets Dan Goldberg (Apr 05)
- Re: analysing captured packets Robin Wood (Apr 05)
- RE: analysing captured packets Dean De Beer (Apr 07)