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I can definitely maybe do this! (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours 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