This Stay Sharp class will give you the basic skills to decode network traffic with open-source tools available for Unix and Windows systems. You'll be able to use a better understanding of your network traffic and these basic skills to analyze current or future network protocols. The tools covered in this class are: Windump/Tcpdump, Wireshark and Ngrep. The first module of this course covers a basic review of the IP and TCP headers and students are expected to be generally familiar with TCP/IP at the theoretical level.