Which of the following is a process of monitoring data packets that travel across a network?

The correct answer is B. Packet sniffing. Packet sniffing (also called network sniffing or protocol analysis) is the practice of capturing and examining data packets as they traverse a network. Tools like Wireshark perform packet sniffing. Password guessing is a brute-force credential attack. Shielding refers to physical

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APassword guessing
BPacket sniffing
CShielding
DPacket filtering

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Packet sniffing (also called network sniffing or protocol analysis) is the practice of capturing and examining data packets as they traverse a network. Tools like Wireshark perform packet sniffing. Password guessing is a brute-force credential attack. Shielding refers to physical EMI protection (e.g., Faraday cages). Packet filtering is a firewall technique that allows or blocks packets based on rules - it acts on packets rather than passively monitoring them.

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