- Lab
- Security

Conduct PCAP Analysis with Scapy
In this lab, you’ll practice using the command line tool scapy to process and examine a packet capture file for network activity. When you’re finished, you’ll have the necessary skills and knowledge of how to analyze packet captures, use network tools to identify network activity findings and how this information can be useful.

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Getting Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Network Connection Analysis
In this challenge you will use scapy to examine a packet capture file taken from your organization as part of a security incident. You will learn the techniques to extract and analyze IP address information and port connection details.
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HTTP Analysis
In this challenge you will use scapy to examine a packet capture file taken from your organization as part of a security incident. You will learn the techniques to extract and analyze web traffic information.
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DNS Analysis
In this challenge you will use scapy to examine a packet capture file taken from your organization as part of a security incident. You will learn the techniques to extract and analyze DNS information.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
What's a lab?
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