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= Basics =
= Basics =

* TCPDump done with "-i any" will result in packets with No Ethernet Headers captured in wireshark.
* TCPDump done with "-i any" will result in packets with No Ethernet Headers captured in wireshark.
tcpdump -i eth0
tcpdump -i eth0

* TCPDump uses libpcap which processes packets before they get processed by IPTables.
* Therefore TCPDump will see Incoming Ping packets though they are dropped by IPTables.
* TCPDump will see inbound traffic before iptables, but will see outbound traffic only after the firewall has processed it.


= Filters =
= Filters =