tcpdump cheatsheet

tcpdump is an extremely useful utility to monitor and track network traffic and usually used to troubleshoot network issues. Let us see some examples of the command.

• tcpdump filter for HTTP GET (GET = 0x47, 0x45, 0x54, 0x20):

sudo tcpdump -s 0 -A ‘tcp[((tcp[12:1] & 0xf0) >> 2):4] = 0x47455420’

• tcpdump filter for HTTP POST (POST = 0x50, 0x4f, 0x53, 0x54):

sudo tcpdump -s 0 -A ‘tcp dst port 80 and (tcp[((tcp[12:1] & 0xf0) >> 2):4] = 0x504f5354)’

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