Tcpdump
Summary
Tcpdump is commandline based packet capturing utility, it allows to sniff, capture and monitor any type of traffic on a network. Tcpdump allows you from almost all OSI layers Since it is a commandline based utility it is important to understand the syntax. Tcpdump allows to store the captured packets in order to be able to analyze them later. Tcpdump is a utility used to capture and analyze packets on network interfaces. Details about these packets can either be displayed to the screen or they can be saved to a file for later analysis. Tcpdump utilizes the libpcap library for packet capturing. For troubleshooting or investigation network condition tcpdump is usable.
Requirements
- Tcpdump is native to Linux/UNIX systems and does not run on other OS. By default, the installation is already performed on a large number of Linux/UNIX systems.
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Functionality
- Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic amd64
- Packages: git emacs
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Description
Step 1
Enter these commands in the shell
echo foo echo bar
Step 2
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