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I can definitely maybe do this! (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Still doesn't help with things like understanding routing and subnet masks and frame sizes and jfc how does any of this work

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Of course not, but I've found that seeing the protocols in action and looking at real headers can be very helpful in making them click. Understanding DHCP or ARP or mDNS or BGP or whatever is much easier by inspecting a pcap than it is by reading RFCs

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