Logging Received Packets

Introduction to packet logging

Network traffic monitoring can be used for various purposes. For example, a traffic monitor could monitor access attempts for a particular IT resource, passively generate a graph of a corporate network, or extract credentials from insecure network protocols.

However, all of these applications require the ability to extract and log useful information from network packets. We’ve created filters for packets of interest and defined actions for particular types of packets. Now, we’ll look at extracting data from packets and logging that data rather than the packets themselves. ...