Question: Start Wireshark and begin capturing packets. Open a web browser and access a website of your choice (e.g. www.google.com). Stop the packet capture in Wireshark.

  1. Start Wireshark and begin capturing packets.
  2. Open a web browser and access a website of your choice (e.g. www.google.com).
  3. Stop the packet capture in Wireshark.
  4. In the Wireshark interface, apply a filter to show only HTTP packets (type "http" in the filter bar).
  5. Examine the HTTP packets generated by your request for the web page.
  6. Answer the following questions:
    • What is the source IP address of the computer making the request?
    • What is the destination IP address of the server hosting the website?
    • What is the HTTP method used in the request (e.g. GET, POST)?
    • What is the HTTP status code in the response from the server?
    • What is the size of the response in bytes?
  7. Take a screenshot of the Wireshark interface showing the HTTP packets, and save it to a file.

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