2026-11-06 –, Room 1 Language: English
It is a time honored tradition at SharkFest, that attendees sit together in teams and solve a packet challenge as a team.
In this presentation we will walk you through this year's group packet challenge.
In this years challenge, attendees recover data from a trace file to regain control over a redacted that is out of control.
Spoiler: Data recovery is an exercise in network forensics.
We will demonstrate, how Wireshark can be used to extract the relevant details. Bring your own laptop to get the most out of this session.
For over 20 years, Eddi has been looking at network protocols to find (or rule out) network problems, vulnerabilities, ongoing hacking attacks or just for fun.
Working for the Swiss train company BLS as IT security analyst, he is reviewing the configuration of a multitude of systems to improve the overall security of the domain. Wireshark is one of the tools to verify the outcome of a configuration change.
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Sake has been analyzing packets for over 25 years. During his work, Sake started developing functionality for Wireshark while working with the analyzer in his day-to-day job. He also enhanced multiple protocol dissectors. In 2007, Sake joined the Wireshark Core Development team. In 2009, After working for a reseller of networking equipment for 8 years, he started the company SYN-bit to provide network analysis and training services to enterprises across Europe.