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One fun thing is to download Wireshark and look at the packets being sent in detail when you do common things like browse the internet or use FTP.
by jzwinck 11y ago
One fun thing is to download Wireshark and look at the packets being sent in detail when you do common things like browse the internet or use FTP.
- insaneirish 11y agoI think this is a really good idea, but I'd add one alternate possibility is well. Doing this on a typical user's computer today will present a mind blowing amount of data--so much that it is easy to give up trying to figure out what's going on if you've never done it before. Instead, perhaps spin up a Linux VM, maybe even no GUI to start. Then run Wireshark on its interface. Much less noise. Should be much easier to begin dissecting.
- jzwinck 11y agoNo need for a VM, just do some filtering in Wireshark. This will help you understand even better what is possible (filter by IP, port, and many other things).
- lotu 11y agoIt's even more fun to do it on a network, where you can see what things other people are doing.
- re_todd 11y agoAgreed. I took a networking course at University, and at community college, but didn't really understand networking until I started fooling around with Wireshark.
- douche 11y agoFor a little softer experience, you can load up Fiddler and just look at the HTTP traffic. It's a little mind boggling to me to envision trying to debug web apps without Fiddler, Chome devtools/Firebug and server-side logging inspectable at the same time. Also a little terrifying to realize just how much incoming and outgoing traffic all the things on your computer are generating all the time.