Cloud and Cloud-Native Traffic CaptureNainar, N.K., Panda, A. (2023). Cloud and cloud-native traffic capture. In
Wireshark for Network Forensics. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9001-9_6
- Read chapter 6 Cloud and Cloud-Native Traffic Capture in Wireshark for Network Forensics.
- The chapter explores the impact of virtualization and cloud computing on network traffic capture. It covers the evolution from physical computing resources to virtualized environments, highlighting the role of hypervisors in facilitating virtual machines (VMs) and containers. The text differentiates between various virtualization types—paravirtualization, full virtualization, hardware-assisted full virtualization, and nested virtualization—and hypervisor types, explaining their significance in resource efficiency and application hosting.
- Focusing on practical applications, the chapter outlines methods for capturing network traffic in cloud environments like AWS and GCP, using features such as VPC Traffic Mirroring and packet mirroring, respectively. It also addresses traffic capture in containerized setups using Docker and Kubernetes, introducing tools and plugins like ksniff for Kubernetes to streamline traffic analysis.
- Overall, this chapter provides a foundational understanding of how virtualization and cloud-native technologies enhance network forensics and traffic capture, offering readers insights into efficient monitoring and troubleshooting within contemporary IT ecosystems.
- This is a nice refresher from your previous class CYB642.
