Final Thoughts

The goal of this chapter has been to introduce you to using Wireshark to analyze capture files and to use those capture files to show you how some common protocols work. Although we've only briefly covered some of the more advanced protocols, I highly recommend reading their RFCs and studying them more in depth. As the book continues on to various scenarios, we will be building on the basic concepts you've learned here.

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