Traffic Analysis Tools

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Description

In this assignment, you assume the role of an employee of the DigiFirm Investigation Company. DigiFirm experienced strong profits last quarter and is interested in adding network traffic analysis tools to its lab. You have been asked to research sniffers and other network analysis tools.

There are several sniffers and other tools available for traffic analysis, including:

  • Tcpdump and WinDump
  • Wireshark
  • HTTPSniffer
  • Nmap
  • Snort
  • Retina
  • CoreImpact

You must research all these products, and then write a proposal in which you describe the tools’ capabilities and recommend additional two products to be added to DigiFirm’s lab, and you must justify your recommendations.

Deliverable:

For this assignment, you are to:

  • Research these sniffers and other tools available for traffic analysis, compare the capabilities and, write a professional proposal in which you recommend two products for use in the DigiFirm Lab, and justify your recommendation.
  • Your proposal should be at 4-6 pages in length.Be sure your report adheres to the academic writing standards and APA style guidelines, citing references as appropriate.
  • It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments to the TurnItIn Originality Check prior to submitting

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Introduction

System issues cause business emergencies. At the point when the traffic in the network is
down, workers cannot have the capacity to peruse or even access emails, clients cannot be able to
purchase the items and the general work stops. There is, in this way, a desperate requirement for
network monitoring which assists in keeping the business' daily activities up and promotes a
good business. System monitoring helps avoid costly blackouts and addresses bottlenecks before
they result in issues, and diminish costs by obtaining just the required system equipment among
numerous different advantages (Fernandez et al, 2017). System analyzers are instruments used
by system administrators to break down the network traffic. A few system analysis instruments
are accessible, and the decision of which one to utilize relies upon the present business needs and
the availability of the tool.

Available Tools

Tcpdump and Windump

Tcpdump is a standard instrument that is utilized for logging and intercepting traffic over
computerized systems for Unix platforms whereas Windump is used for similar purposes for
computers running on Windows. Both extract network packets and play out a far-reaching
analysis of the dumped data. They can be utilized to gauge reaction time and the level of packets
lost, and UDP/T...


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