Many people, including myself, are obsessed with the simplicity of the packet-capturing features that Wireshark provides us with. Let's quickly go through a few of the reasons why most professionals prefer Wireshark to other packet sniffers:
- User friendly: The interface of Wireshark is easy to use and understand, tools & features are very well organized and represented.
- Robustness: Wireshark is capable of handling enormous volumes of network traffic with ease.
- Platform independent: Wireshark is available for different flavors of operating system, whether Windows, Linux, and Macintosh.
- Filters: There are two kinds of filtering options available in Wireshark:
- You choose what to capture (capture filters)
- You choose what ...
