EC3771 Basic Network Traffic Analysis (Short Course)
The Basic Network Traffic Analysis short course equips students with an in-depth understanding of the tools and techniques necessary for gaining deep insight into the operations and behavior of enterprise networks. In completing this course, the student will be able to systemically plan for data collection, capture traffic of interest, analyze the traffic, and take appropriate action as a result of the analysis. For a given data collection, the student is able to determine who is talking, what applications are being used, filter on conversations of interest, create statistical graphs related to issues of interest, employ expert systems to recognize anomalies and diagnose problem areas. Students are able to apply these skills for the purposes of general analysis, network troubleshooting, security analysis, and application performance evaluation. This is a 5-day short course.
Prerequisite
Demonstrated Computer Networking Knowledge or Permission of the Instructor
Lecture Hours
1
Lab Hours
0.5