Lab: Online/Offline Installation Analysis

(Individual lab work / Due 12:00pm the next day)

 

1.0 General Setup

  1. Install a network protocol analyzer called Wireshark (http://www.wireshark.org/download.html)
  2. Uninstall or cleanup Yahoo Toolbar if you have one.
  3. Use IE browser for this lab whenever possible.

 

2.0 Trace Capture

1 Start the network protocol analyzer Make sure everything works and you can capture HTTP traffic.
2 Yahoo! Sports Toolbar - 300x250 Only use this link
3 Click on the "Download Now" button. Make sure the network protocol analyzer is working
4 Click on "I Agree" and finish the install process Make sure the network protocol analyzer is working
5

After the toolbar is installed. Search something using the toolbar.

 Make sure the network protocol analyzer is working
6

Finish

 Make sure you have the trace. Stop the analyzer and perform analysis

 

3.0 Analysis

Investigate the network protocol traces and answer the following questions by referring to the trace.

How can you make sure you are actually installing a piece of software from Yahoo?

When you perform an action (such as search) on the toolbar, is there any personal information captured during the process?

 

Note: Using MS-Word format, email the answer in text with reference to network trace.