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CERTIFIED-IN-CYBERSECURITY · Question #651

Which of the following is a common type of network protocol analyzer?

The correct answer is A. All of the above. All three tools listed are legitimate network protocol analyzers (also called packet analyzers or packet sniffers). Wireshark is the most widely used GUI-based tool for capturing and inspecting network traffic. tcpdump is a command-line packet analyzer commonly used on…

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Question

Which of the following is a common type of network protocol analyzer?

Options

  • AAll of the above
  • BFiddler
  • Ctcpdump
  • DWireshark

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    93% (27)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

All three tools listed are legitimate network protocol analyzers (also called packet analyzers or packet sniffers). Wireshark is the most widely used GUI-based tool for capturing and inspecting network traffic. tcpdump is a command-line packet analyzer commonly used on Unix/Linux systems. Fiddler is an HTTP/HTTPS proxy-based traffic analyzer, particularly useful for web application debugging. Since all three qualify as protocol analyzers, the answer is 'All of the above' (Option A).

Topics

#Network Protocol Analyzers#Packet Capture#Network Tools#Traffic Analysis

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