This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about deep packet inspection, the practice of sniffing web connections to reveal sensitive user data and fend off cyberattacks. Every parcel ...

The phrase "deep packet inspection" has been cropping up quite a bit, of late, particularly with regard to the UK government's proposed web surveillance plans. But what is it, how does it work, and ...

There are few things more frustrating than trying to work, game, or stream a movie and experiencing stuttering, pausing, and other unstable behavior due to a dodgy internet connection. Even if your Wi ...

Packet Sniffing may sound like a malicious activity at first glance, but it is actually an ethical way to analyze the network and diagnose any network-related problems. Network technicians use Packet ...

Have you ever performed surgery on data packets? There are times when that may be the best way to troubleshoot and optimize your network. This edition of the Packet Professor will get you started in ...

Microsoft has quietly added a built-in network packet sniffer to the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, and it has gone unnoticed since its release. A packet sniffer, or network sniffer, is a program ...

Last month, in the first of a two-part series, I described the theory behind the next generation in passive authentication technologies called Single Packet Authorization (SPA). This article gets away ...

When discussing Ethernet data, the terms frame and packet are often used interchangeably. Frames and packets are the electronic containers that carry our data from point-to-point by navigating LANs ...

Neurons are capable of generating spikes with great temporal precision 1. Spike-timing is thought to be important for information processing in a large number of cortical areas (including visual 2,3, ...