Wireshark

A live protocol analyzer with offline analysis features. It allow to see everything that is happening on a network and inspect multiple protocols at a time. It also allows to export results into different formats and run the tool on different platforms.

First released1998
Developed byThe Wireshark team
Latest stable versionWireshark 3
Open-sourceYes
Used byViaSat, Inc., Mitre Corporation, Genetec Inc.

Interesting facts

The product was first named Ethereal, but had to be renamed because of trademark issue.

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