NetworkMiner - Windows Packet Analyzer & Sniffer
There are various operating system available like Windows, Linux, MAC, BSD and more but most of the penetration tester and researcher prefer to use Unix like OS like Linux and BSD, while Windows is one of the famous OS and different type of people from every corner of the world are using Windows as their primary OS. So our aim is to share the ethical hacking tools and techniques for cross platform OS so many of you can use it.
Forensic is an important division in the field of information security and penetration testing, Linux distribution like backtrack contain a list of different tools that can be used in the process of Digital forensic, some of the best tool below.
Now what about Windows, there are many tools available for windows OS that can be used in digital forensic like NetworkMiner.
What Is NetworkMiner ?
According to the official website, “NetworkMiner is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) for Windows. NetworkMiner can be used as a passive network sniffer/packet capturing tool in order to detect operating systems, sessions, hostnames, open ports etc. without putting any traffic on the network. NetworkMiner can also parse PCAP files for off-line analysis and to regenerate/reassemble transmitted files and certificates from PCAP files”.
Two versions are available of NetworkMiner one is the free while another is for professional (you need to purchase it)
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