First time here? Check out the FAQ!

Ask Your Question
0

Do I Need to Turn Off My VPN to See My Activity Stream Correctly?

asked Aug 24 '19

BartStarr gravatar image

Whenever I capture my activity stream with Wireshark and my VPN is running I see a bunch of OpenVPN's, Do I need to turn of the VPN to see the true activity?

Preview: (hide)

1 Answer

Sort by » oldest newest most voted
0

answered Aug 24 '19

grahamb gravatar image

You're probably capturing on your "external" interface and so will only see the encrypted VPN traffic.

The VPN will usually create a separate interface you can capture on, and that that interface will have the plain traffic.

What OS are you running?

Preview: (hide)
link

Comments

It becomes tricky when you have split tunneling. I usually identify the destination ip and then match it against the routing table "route print" to check which interface I need to capture on.

bluewolf1984 gravatar imagebluewolf1984 ( Aug 24 '19 )

I am running the latest version of Windows 10. (I'm also using the Wireshark 101 book).

BartStarr gravatar imageBartStarr ( Aug 24 '19 )

OK, so which interface are you capturing on? Probably easiest to list the interfaces from the command line with:

path\to\tshark.exe -D

replacing path\to with the actually path, likely to be C:\Program Files\Wireshark.

grahamb gravatar imagegrahamb ( Aug 24 '19 )

Thank you for answering me. I believe I am over my head and need to take some tutorials prior to the Wireshark one. Again, thank you.

BartStarr gravatar imageBartStarr ( Aug 24 '19 )

Your Answer

Please start posting anonymously - your entry will be published after you log in or create a new account.

Add Answer

Question Tools

1 follower

Stats

Asked: Aug 24 '19

Seen: 867 times

Last updated: Aug 24 '19