We will also identify various attacks captured by Wireshark using this process. In this paper, an attack pattern dictionary will be created using which captured live data packets will be manually mapped in order to detect intrusions. In this paper, we will show that Wireshark can be considered not only as troubleshooting tool, network analyzer, protocol analyzer, packet sniffer but also a network intrusion detection tool because if the user has appropriate knowledge about attacks and data packets, then he could easily identify an attack by observing a specific data packet patterns. But Wireshark lacks the feature of intrusion detection.

Wireshark is an important tool for the analysis of network packets. To identify intrusions on the grid, the system must have a detection engine that can detect intrusions automatically without any human intervention. This dependency also leads to various types of intrusions. It can be in the form of education, banking, research, business, journalism and many more. Our day to- day life mostly depends on the internet. The rise of networks has increased very fastly in this modern world.

The I/O graph is used to depict the total traffic flowing in terms of packet per second or byte per second. First of all, the information about the packet is stored in a log file, and then it is examined to classify the data as normal or abnormal. Main reason for using Wireshark is its ease of use, free availability, and better visualization due to color coding in graphical representation. Wireshark is used in this work for detection of intrusion in the network so that the data can flow in a safe manner. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) aims at providing secure data transmission by detecting intrusions on the network that an organization is connected to or its database or the devices which are being used. The need for efficient security systems led to development of Intrusion Detection Systems. However, these are not proven to be so effective solutions in current unsecured era. The use of user IDs, passwords, and firewalls are the common steps that are taken in order to secure the computers. Security has become the greatest issue, both within and outside the organizations which are on cloud.

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