Added a method to detect WireShark #4
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Hey there,
Not sure if this is within the scope of this project.
Nevertheless the method I made detects whether the underlying driver, which WireShark uses, is running.
I've also taken the liberty to add a method to stop said driver.
Additional information:
When installed, Npcap runs it's driver (
npcap) automatically on startup, regardless of WireShark running or not.When WireShark runs, it locks the driver therefore attempting to stop the driver directly while WireShark is running will not work. The application must be closed beforehand.
Important considerations:
This method isn't a replacement from proper server-sided api security and rate limiting.
That being said, this method could be used to stop the lowest common denominators from sniffing your api calls.
Improvements:
I could add a method to retrieve the application(s) which are using the npcap driver, to then shut them down one-by-one and finally stop the driver.
I guess I'll wait and see to figure out whether this is in or out of scope.