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Subject: [Wireshark-dev] a request for help that might expand your market
From: Deck Hazen <deck.hazen () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-11-24 22:23:51
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Hi folks,
I write for a couple of blogs - Windows Guides (see below) and I'm
starting my own (www.hazen.co.nz) with copies to a few other blog sites.
The focus of my writing is to provide "not-so-technical" users with
documentation that will allow them to use Windows applications that have
heretofore been unavailable to them because they were too complex, or
because they lacked easy-to-follow documentation. I've started with Windows
Media Center and I'd like to branch out into new areas - network traffic
analysis being high on my list.
Recently I got a call from a friend (and reader) who was in a bit of a
panic - "the lights on my router are going crazy! traffic is coming in or
going out and I have no idea what it is, where it's from or where it's going
and I'm worried that either all my data is going over to some hacker, or
some huge virus is being planted on my system - help! "
After a bit of work we figured out that he had left a torrent application
running, and that his wife had started a copy job by accident and then
turned off her monitor and left it running. But even after shutting down
those two sources, there was still a fair amount of traffic and we couldn't
figure out anything about it.
I grabbed wireshark because it was top-rated by the Gizmo list (
http://www.techsupportalert.com/ ) and fired it up on my system to see if I
could figure out my "mystery traffic". I read through what I took to be the
obvious documentation - FAQ, User's Guide, web site, etc. - but I was
unable to find the answer to a question many users have asked "Where is my
data going?"
If you guys can help me document an easy way for a non-technical user to
use Wireshark to answer that question, I'll write it up and send it around
to my web log sites, and I'll let you make use of it however you see fit.
Can you help?
- Deck
--
Deck Hazen
Box 25-1201
Pakuranga, Auckland
New Zealand 2140
Mobile: +64 21 909 896
*Read my Windows 7 Tips and Tricks here:*
<http://mintywhite.com/author/deck/>
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Hi folks, <br><br> I write for a couple of blogs - Windows Guides (see below) and \
I'm starting my own (<a href="http://www.hazen.co.nz">www.hazen.co.nz</a>) with \
copies to a few other blog sites. <br><br> The focus of my writing is to provide \
"not-so-technical" users with documentation that will allow them to use \
Windows applications that have heretofore been unavailable to them because they were \
too complex, or because they lacked easy-to-follow documentation. I've started \
with Windows Media Center and I'd like to branch out into new areas - network \
traffic analysis being high on my list. <br>
<br> Recently I got a call from a friend (and reader) who was in a bit of a panic - \
"the lights on my router are going crazy! traffic is coming in or going out and \
I have no idea what it is, where it's from or where it's going and I'm \
worried that either all my data is going over to some hacker, or some huge virus is \
being planted on my system - help! " <br>
<br> After a bit of work we figured out that he had left a torrent application \
running, and that his wife had started a copy job by accident and then turned off her \
monitor and left it running. But even after shutting down those two sources, there \
was still a fair amount of traffic and we couldn't figure out anything about it. \
<br>
<br> I grabbed wireshark because it was top-rated by the Gizmo list ( <a \
href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/">http://www.techsupportalert.com/</a> ) and \
fired it up on my system to see if I could figure out my "mystery traffic". \
I read through what I took to be the obvious documentation - FAQ, User's Guide, \
web site, etc. - but I was unable to find the answer to a question many users have \
asked "Where is my data going?" <br>
<br> If you guys can help me document an easy way for a non-technical user to use \
Wireshark to answer that question, I'll write it up and send it around to my web \
log sites, and I'll let you make use of it however you see fit. <br>
<br> Can you help? <br><br> - Deck <br clear="all"><br>-- \
<br><div><br><br>Deck Hazen<br>Box 25-1201<br>Pakuranga, Auckland<br>New Zealand \
2140<br>Mobile: +64 21 909 896</div> <div><b><i>Read my Windows 7 Tips and Tricks \
here:</i></b> </div> <div><a href="http://mintywhite.com/author/deck/" \
target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hazen.co.nz/images/winGuide03.png"> </a></div> \
<div> </div><br>
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