One of the most widely used network protocol analyzer tools is finally getting a home of its own, after decades of corporate sponsorship. Wireshark got its start back in 1998, originally known as ...

A protocol analyzer is a software tool that tunes into packets of data as they move across networks. Properly used, it can help demonstrate why secure software is a good idea and can help secure ...

Every IT department with mission-critical computer operations tries to implement security measures to protect its network from data loss, performance degradation or other damage, but such damage ...

I have just started a job with a company whose network spans several buildings in a campus-like setting. One of the tools I know I will need is a protocol analyzer. The current budget allows for me to ...

It used to be that protocol analyzers were expensive pieces of hardware, costing upwards of $20,000 and requiring specialized training to use. However, things have changed quite a bit in just a few ...

We all hope that our networks simply do what they are supposed to do, but often that is not the case. Two systems that should talk to each other don't; a network becomes saturated with traffic for no ...

This article explores how I have added some useful extensions to an open-source protocol analyzer in order to allow the extraction of OMG IDL (interface definition language) defined data types from ...