Introduction to TCPDUMP

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Links:
reference:  www.tcpdump.org
reference: tcpdump man page!

tcpdump options used in this video:

Version check: -h
List interfaces: -D
Capture on eth0: -i eth0
Stop at 500 (or any #) of packets: -c500
No name resolution: -n
Change capture size (ex 96 Bytes): -s96
Max capture size: -s0
save to file capture.pcap: -w capture.pcap -v
Read from a capture file: -r capture.pcap

Filters:
IP: host (ip addr)
Source IP: src host (ip addr)
Dest. IP: dst host (ip addr)
port: port 80
MAC address: ether host (mac address)
protocol filters: tcp, udp, icmp, arp, rarp, ip6, (others)
SYN flag: "tcp[tcpflags] & tcp-syn != 0"
RST flag: "tcp[tcpflags] & tcp-rst != 0"

Output options:
View MAC info: -e
Include hex and ASCII: -XX
ASCII only: -A
max verbosity: -vvv
ignore checksum errors: -K
quiet: -q
timestamp options: -t, -tt, -ttt, etc...

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