Wireshark is an application that is integrated with features for monitoring relevant network activity and for storing these pieces of data into logs and databases for future analysis. This software is classified as a network management and data analysis program, and this application was developed for network computers that are running on compatible Windows-based systems. Different network protocols can be monitored, tracked and analyzed by Wireshark, providing network system administrators and IT personnel with a quick and easy way to improve the efficiency of network ports and data transmissions to and from network computers, other devices that are connected to the network and Internet servers. Version 1.8.5 is the most recent stable release of Wireshark, which was developed by Riverbed Technologies. This version is now implemented with support for computers that are running on Mac OS X 10.5.5. The Wireshark source code is also available for developers who intend to add plugins and add other useful functionalities to the integrated features of this network analysis program.
Netresec NetworkMiner is an application that is classified as a network forensics analysis program, and this software is implemented with compatibility support for Windows-based computers. The latest version of this application is also embedded with support for other types of operating systems, such as Linux, BSD and Mac platforms. NetworkMiner is integrated with features that can allow users to determine network-relevant information like system types and versions of computers that are connected to the network or are trying to access resources of the network, along with the IP addresses of those machines, open ports, hostnames and active session logs among others. There are also other packet capturing and passive sniffing functionalities that are integrated into Netresec NetworkMiner, and these can be used by system administrators and IT personnel to secure the network and optimize the efficiency of protectitive and privacy-related resources that are available to all computers and devices which have been granted access to the network. PCAP file parsing features are available in this software, along with the function of reassembling or regenerating certificates and files that have already been transmitted to and from network devices. Netresec NetworkMiner was designed to gather forensic network details and not network traffic data.
WinDump is an application that is categorized as a network analysis program, and this software was developed for computers that are running on compatible versions of widely used Windows systems. WinDump is integrated with a command line user interface and many features that allow users to gather network-related data and store it in logs for future analysis, via the Windows command line. WinDump was created to serve as the Windows version of the tcpdump application, which is implemented with support for UNIX-based platforms. Network packet capturing functionalities are integrated into this application, and this network analysis software was developed by Riverbed Technologies, a popular software development group that also created Wireshark. Network system administrators and IT personnel of businesses and companies can use WinDump to closely monitor and store logged details of network activity, which can later be used for improving certain settings of the network infrastructure that can in turn enhance the efficiency of data transmissions to and from computers and devices connected to the network, and these details can also help system administrators in fortifying network security.