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Description
This test case tests the ability of Wireshark to capture and analyze network traffic.
Setup
- Ensure the
wireshark
,wireshark-gnome
packages are installed.
How to test
- Add the current user to wireshark group:
su -c 'usermod -a -G wireshark <username>'
- Start capturing network traffic on eth0:
wireshark -i eth0 -k
- Do some network activities, like go to some websites, ssh/ping a remote host.
- Stop capturing traffic.
- Save file as:
/tmp/test.pcap
- Close Wireshark
- Open the saved file with Wireshark:
wireshark /tmp/test.pcap
- Try to use the Filter eg: filter by HTTP, SSH etc...
- Try to use Follow TCP stream functionality.
- Close Wireshark
Expected Results
- You should see Wireshark capturing packets.
- Filter and Follow TCP stream should work.
- Wireshark should works as expected without crashes.