Network packet analyzer or Online Ad Scanner are the names for the same potentially unwanted program, or PUP, that is installed by free software you download from the Internet. When installed, this ...

In the world of digital networks, there exist tools that serve as silent watchers, capturing and deciphering the hidden language of data packets. These tools are known as packet sniffers. Packet ...

Many of us don’t give much thought to just what is traversing the corporate network. That is largely a job for the company’s system administrator. The thing of it is, though, the sysadmin quite often ...

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Chances are, if you’re in charge of supporting a network of any size, you’ll need to look at the actual packets that are passing back and forth across that network. Whether it’s to see whether a ...

In addition to Bandwidth Monitoring and Traffic Analysis, Capsa Enterprise now has Filters and Views to not only alert of a CyberAttack, but also provide the ability to perform detailed packet ...

A hardware device or server software that captures packets transmitted in a network for routine inspection and problem detection. Also called a "sniffer," "packet sniffer," "packet analyzer," "packet ...

Monitoring Internet traffic takes on many forms. From capturing every packet of data to seeing a list of accessed websites, numerous programs enable you to view what happens between your network and ...

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Do you love packet analysis as much as I do? If so, then you’ll probably remember the scene in the movie “The Matrix” where Neo is looking at the Matrix over one of the analysts’ shoulders and asks ...