200-201 Security Monitoring Practice Question
An analyst uses Wireshark to examine network traffic and wants to see only packets that contain the string 'password'. Which type of filter should be applied?
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Why each option matters
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Display filter
Display filters in Wireshark allow filtering of already captured packets based on criteria like packet content.
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Display filter
Why this is correct
Display filters can search for strings in packet payloads.
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Protocol filter
Why it's wrong here
Protocol filters are a subset of display filters but not the specific type for string search.
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Capture filter
Why it's wrong here
Capture filters are applied before capture and cannot filter by packet content strings.
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BPF filter
Why it's wrong here
BPF filters are used for capture, not display.
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