An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) has alerted the n

etwork administrator to a possibly malicious sequence of packets sent to a Web server in the networks external DMZ. The packet traffic was captured by the IDS and saved to a PCAP file.

What type of network tool can be used to determine if these packets a

re genuinely malicious or simply a false positive?

A. Protocol analyzer

B. Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

C. Network sniffer

D. Vulnerability scanner

A packet analyzer (also known as a network analyzer, protocol analyzer or packet sniffer-”or

, for particular types of networks, an Ethernet sniffer or wireless sniffer) is a computer program or piece of computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic that passes over a digital network or part of a network. A packet analyzer can analyze packe

t traffic saved in a PCAP file.

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