About the Example Capture Files

All of the capture files used in this book are available at http://www.nostarch.com/packet.htm. In order to maximize the potential of this book, I would highly recommend you download these files and use them as you follow along with the book.

Several of these capture files were contributed by Laura Chappell of the Packet Analysis Institute and Wireshark University. Those captures are as follows:

  • blaster.pcap

  • destunreachable.pcap

  • dosattack.pcap

  • double-vision.pcap

  • email-troubles.pcap

  • evilprogram.pcap

  • ftp-crack.pcap

  • ftp-uploadfailed.pcap

  • gnutella.pcap

  • hauntedbrowser.pcap

  • http-client-refuse.pcap

  • http-fault-post.pcap

  • icmp-tracert-slow.pcap

  • osfingerprinting.pcap

  • slowdownload.pcap

  • tcp-con-lost.pcap

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