🔬HTTP(S) Traffic Sniffing

1. Connect to the Lab VPN (INE in this case) by using OpenVpn and the .ovpn file provided. (in my case INE provided a direct Lab Link / Kali GUI instance opened in another tab).

   • From terminal, check if the machines are reachable:

     ping demo.ine.local

     ping demossl.ine.local

   • Check open ports with nmap tool:

     nmap demo.ine.local

     nmap demossl.ine.local

   • Check the Kali Machine interface name:

     ifconfig

2. Open Wireshark and start the capture on the Vpn network interface.

   • or use the terminal:

wireshark -i eth1

3. Generate traffic from the browser by browsing to the HTTP web page (http://demo.ine.local) and try a login.

4. The sniffer records the traffic between the browser and the server. Right click on a packet and Follow TCP Stream to see the traffic exchange.

   • In case of HTTP protocol, the clear-text traffic can be sniffed easily. The content of the packets is in human readable form.

5. Restart the capture to clean the results. Try the same login into the HTTPS web page (https://demossl.ine.local) and check the TCP Stream in the captured traffic.

   • Check the certificate with the lock icon.

   • In case of HTTPS protocol, the traffic is encrypted, unreadable and protected.

   • HTTPS (HTTP over TLS) protects the content

6. Captured traffic can be filtered in Wireshark with display filters.

📍 Lab solved!