THE LAB JOURNAL

Learning, out in the open.

Walkthroughs, observations, and lessons from my IT labs. A record of what I’m practicing and how I’m thinking about it.

Network analysis

Nmap Basics

Comparing list enumeration, TCP connect scans, and service detection on a lab target.

Network analysis

Tcpdump Basics

Reading a packet capture and investigating ICMP, DNS, TCP flags, packet size, and ARP traffic.

Network analysis

Wireshark Basics

Inspecting an HTTP capture, filtering packets, following streams, and exporting an object in Wireshark.