Laura also offers free seminars from time to time. The next one is on
the 30th:
http://www.chappellseminars.com/s-wireshark101.html
moellermatthew@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Another good book is by Chappel/Tittel "Guide to TCP/IP". Laura Chappel runs a few good websites and Blogs. WiresharkUniversity isn't too bad.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Samson Martinez" <samson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:15:26
> To: Community support list for Wireshark<wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] Network Analysis Training
>
>
> Great info - thanks!
>
> -Samson
>
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] Network Analysis Training
>
> Samson Martinez wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>> I'm thinking about taking some network analysis training sometime
> during
>> this year and was wondering if anyone that participates in this forum
>> had taken similar formal training and, if so, if they were satisfied
>> with the results. Or is this more of a "better off learning through
>> school of hard knocks" type of knowledge?
>
> I think it depends on your level of comfort with Ethernet/TCP/IP. I'm
> assuming here that's what you're interested in. The problem with
> protocol analysis classes that I've seen or saw online, were that they
> were very basic. Even the classes defined as "expert" weren't so expert
>
> level. Herein lies the problem. How do you classify "expert" "medium"
> "beginner"?
>
> My recommendation would be to read as much as you possibly can to absorb
>
> the academic parts of the protocol. Comer and Stevens are both great
> books to start with. Then you can move on to general networking topic
> from the likes of Computer Networks by Tanenbaum or
> Interconnections...by Perlman.
>
> Once you have the fundamentals, you can tackle troubleshooting and
> learning to read trace files. There's still a lot of "art" than
> "science" in doing protocol analysis.
>
> Finally, check out the sharkfest presentations as you can pick up a lot
> of good tips/tricks of the trade.
>
