Network Packet Analyzer

Abstract

"Network Traffic Analyzer" is a project with the main objective of designing a helping software capable of monitoring network traffic more precisely while understanding the patterns of real time. Network packets provide a wealth of information about network activities that may be used to describe overall network behaviour. System and network administrators can use network packet analyzers to collect this type of network data. This study will explain the implementation and utilisation of a network packet analyzer based on tcpdump, a common network packet sniffer tool which is widely used in the market. This fully customizable and moldable tool focuses on its flexible input and output choices so that it may be ready as well as optimally integrated into other network tools to accomplish more complex tasks like real-time or offline network intrusion detection. Database support is included as an output option in this program due to its well-known efficiency and simplicity in managing large volumes of data.