Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Re: Feature Request: Process-Aware Packet Filtering and Captur

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From: Eugène Adell <eugene.adell@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 18:17:42 +0200
Hi guys,

there are a couple of issues opened, such as #1184 (
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/1184 )

Feel free to upvote or suggest ideas of implementation.

regards,
E.A.

Le sam. 24 mai 2025 à 17:54, Josh Clark <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
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> Hi Ayub,
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> Have you seen ptcpdump on Github? https://github.com/mozillazg/ptcpdump
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> That project seems like it would meet your needs, at least on a *nix OS. It is not integrated into Wireshark, so you would need to separate your capture and analysis workflows for the time being.
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> To help the dev team track the full feature request, you can go ahead and submit it on Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues
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> On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM SHAiDA <ayubarbaty1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Dear Wireshark Development Team,
>>
>> I hope this message finds you well.
>>
>> I would like to suggest a feature enhancement for Wireshark that would greatly benefit malware analysts, forensic investigators, and application developers: the ability to filter and save captured traffic based on a specific process name or PID running on the host.
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>> Currently, packet capture is interface-based, and while powerful, it lacks native visibility into which process is generating or receiving specific network traffic. Adding a feature to bind captured packets to the originating process would:
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>> Enable .pcap filtering or exporting per-process
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>> Allow targeted analysis of suspicious executables
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>> Improve correlation of traffic with endpoint behavior in live investigations
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>> I realize this would involve integration with OS-specific APIs (e.g., GetExtendedTcpTable on Windows or /proc on Linux), but it would be a groundbreaking improvement for many use cases.
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>> Thank you for your time, and for developing such an incredible tool for the networking and security community.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ayub
>> Cybersecurity Analyst
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