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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] how can I filter on traffic that is (a) going in/out throu

From: Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:40:29 +1000
still stuck on this :(

I've found that using for a capture filter "tcp and host <<PC IP
ADDRESS>> and host proxy.mycompany.com", whilst is a valid filter,
does NOT do the job I require.

It seems to be the case the actual traffic flow will reflect an IP
address that has a host name of one of the assigned proxy servers by
the main DNS server (e.g. proxy4.domainx.mycompany.com) and hence I'm
guessing due to this the filter does not work.

Any other ideas/suggestions here?

I'm kind of stuck for the moment. Again the challenge is how to
capture traffic only bound through the proxy servers, but for which
you don't really know which proxy server that DNS is going to allocate
to you based on the main DNS proxy name (proxy.mycompany.com).


On 15 August 2010 21:09, Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> in fact would a capture filter of "host proxy.mycompany.com and host
> <my local host ip>" be enough to solve this?  i.e. would wireshark
> then, irrespective of the actual proxy server my request gets assigned
> to (noting there are several nominated under the one DNS name for
> resiliency), just double check that the IP address for this proxy
> server resolves to "proxy.mycompany.com" and then if it does put it in
> scope?
>
>
> On 13 August 2010 15:08, Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone advise how I could set up a filter that covered off only
>> traffic that is
>>
>> (a) going in/out through the company internet proxy [e.g.
>> proxy.mycompany.com] - note here I want to be able to put the DNS name
>> for the proxy here [as there can be a number of different IP's that
>> DNS may issue back to give you your specific proxy server to use]
>>
>> (b) to/from my PC that is running wireshark?
>>
>>
>> thanks
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Greg
> http://blog.gregnet.org/
>



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Greg
http://blog.gregnet.org/