Question

Besides Wireshark packet sniffer, provide names and brief descriptions of 5 others network packet sniffer tools.

Answer 1

There are following network packet sniffer tools:
1) tcpdump
2) Fiddler
3) Kismet
4) Solarwinds
5) NetworkMiner

1) tcpdump : It is a command based packet sniffer tools. Very useful in server where no desktop.
It required to read proper documenation in order to used it efficiently. It is supported on UNIX based
OS.

2) Fiddler : It is a open source tool to monitor mainly HTTP/HTTPS traffic. Well used to determine web based traffic.
Used to depcrypt the HTTP traffic. It logs the network traffic as per configuration.

3) Kismet : Kismet is used mainly for analyze wireless network as it can used to sniff packet from hidden networks and
SSIDs. This tool is compatiable for all platforms. It have very easy UI.

4) Solarwinds : It is very heavy tool combined of many sniffing tools. It used for deep packet sniffing.
It detects the bandwidth uses, It also help to determine the caveat of application who causes the
network ingestion.

5) NetworkMiner : Is is window based network analysis tool. It scan the all port and can help to find any intruder.
It analyze and put the information in PCAP file and later can use offline for analyze