To perform the exercises covered in this chapter, you will require the following:
- A laptop/desktop computer with an i5/i7 processor or any other equivalent AMD processor with at least 8 GB RAM and around 100 GB of free space.
- VMware Player/VirtualBox installation with Kali OS installed. You can download it from https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vm-vmware-virtualbox-image-download/.
- Installing Wireshark on Windows: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChBuildInstallWinInstall.html.
- Netcat From Kali Linux (already installed).
- Download NetworkMiner from https://www.netresec.com/?page=Networkminer.
- The PCAP files for this chapter, downloaded from https://github.com/nipunjaswal/networkforensics/tree/master/Ch1.
Every investigation requires a precise methodology. We will discuss the popular network forensics methodology used widely across the industry in the next section.
To install Wireshark on Windows, go to https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChBuildInstallWinInstall.html.