Application owners are reporting performance issues with traffic using port 1433 from the cloud environment. A security administrator has various pcap files to analyze the data between the related source and destination servers. Which of the following tools should be used to help troubleshoot the issue?
The best tool for analyzing pcap files to troubleshoot performance issues with traffic is a protocol analyzer. A protocol analyzer can inspect and interpret data packets transferred over a network, helping to identify any potential problems related to port 1433, which is used by Microsoft SQL Server. This tool allows the security administrator to see the details of the packets, possibly identify latency, packet loss, or other issues affecting performance.
Luckily you didn't need to know Microsoft SQL Server uses TCP port 1433 for its connections. E - Protocol analyzer: These are the tools to inspect PCAP, i.e. WireShark.