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Once logged in, stop capturing packets. Examine the HTTP request, labeled
POST /1/2/forms2.php
, this will reveal Figure 2.16.
Figure 2.16: An HTTP Form Request
As seen in the above figure, the form data is communicated in the following line:
uid=guest&pwd=guest123
This is the format in which a web browser sends form data back to the web server. When
a bot is created to respond to forms, data must be sent in this format.
Summary
In this chapter, network analyzers were demonstrated. A network analyzer shows exactly
what data is being exchanged between a web server and a web browser. There are many dif-
ferent network analyzers to choose from. The network analyzer that will be used by this topic
is WireShark. WireShark was formerly known as Ethereal.
