


The first byte of a TLS packet define the content type. The offset, once multiplied by 4 gives the byte count of the TCP header, meaning ((tcp & 0xf0) > 2) provides the size of the TCP header. Tcp means capturing the 13th byte of the tcp packet, corresponding to first half being the offset, second half being reserved.

Choose Manage Display Filters to open the dialogue window. Tcp & 0xf0) > 2)] = 0x16: a bit more tricky, let’s detail this below Open Wireshark and go to the bookmark option. On the left side of the Preferences Menu, click on Protocols, as shown in Figure 9. Getting to the Preferences Menu in Wireshark. Then use the menu path Edit -> Preferences to bring up the Preferences Menu, as shown in Figure 8. Tcp port 443: I suppose this is the port your server is listening on, change it if you need Open Wireshark-tutorial-on-decrypting-HTTPS-SSL-TLS-traffic.pcap in Wireshark. Move to the previous packet, even if the packet list isn’t focused. In the packet detail, opens all tree items. Tcpdump -ni eth0 “tcp port 443 and (tcp & 0xf0) > 2)] = 0x16)”Įth0: is my network interface, change it if you need Move to the next packet, even if the packet list isn’t focused.
