In the late 1990's Gerald Combs, a computer science graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City was working for the small ISP (Internet Service Provider). The data packets in the Wireshark can be viewed online and can be analyzed offline. Network packets are small, i.e., maximum 1.5 Kilobytes for Ethernet packets and 64 Kilobytes for IP packets.
It is also used by network security engineers to examine security problems. It is commonly called as a sniffer, network protocol analyzer, and network analyzer. It is used to track the packets so that each one is filtered to meet our specific needs.
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Wireshark is an open-source packet analyzer, which is used for education, analysis, software development, communication protocol development, and network troubleshooting.