Assignment title: Information
Briefly discuss the history of the development of the Wireshark code, or more specifically who created it, when development started and any other aspect of its development you feel would be of interest to a reader of your assignment. [ 1 mark ] Wireshark can save captured traffic to a single file or to a set of files set of files based of specific criteria, for instance; save captured data every 10 minutes. With the aid of a screenshot of the Wireshark Capture> Options dialog, describe two possible criteria upon which you could capture network traffic. Include in your discussion scenarios in which you as a network engineer may find such options useful in network analysis. [ 1 mark ] The Capture > Options dialog also allows the Name Resolution of Network Layer names. Describe what this means and describe how it could be used for capturing network traffic. [ 1 mark ] Describe the difference between a network switch and a network hub. Then explain how switched networks limit the network traffic that is visible to Wireshark in comparison to networks that used hubs. (Note – switches are the technology used in today's computer networks) [ 2 marks ] In TCP/IP networking IP addresses are used to identify specific computers (or hosts) on the network, clients use ports numbers to specify a particular instance of a client program (for example a specific tab on a web browser) and servers normally use well known port numbers on which to listen for client requests. For instance ftp at the server uses ports 20 and 21. From the web or any other source determine the well-known port numbers of the following server programs: · ftp · http · telnet · ldap · smb Also find the well know port numbers for 10 other network protocols.