What Is Packet Capture?
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Packet capture, also referred to as packet sniffing or network traffic capture, is the process of capturing data packets flowing across a computer network. Packet capture is used to examine data moving in and out of a network at various layers of the OSI model and is often used in troubleshooting certain network issues. Packet capture tools such as Wireshark, tcpdump and WinDump are generally used to capture these packets.