I recently got back into network analysis and thought I should refresh my skills with the most common tool, Cain & Abel. It's not the most user friendly but imho it's the most comprehensive. Has almost everything you could want in one nifty tool. However, I reached a snag when attempting to capture packets over a device that was on my network. This annoying error message isn't really descriptive nor does it offer much help. Thankfully, this post should clear it up for users like me who have had trouble with this message.
The message simply means that something is already using the HTTPS (443) port on your machine. Now there are two things you should do to fix this and ensure it stays that way. The first thing you need to do is disable HTTPS sniffing.
Open up C&A. Go to Configure -> Filters & Ports and untick the HTTPS box. Press Apply and then OK.
The next thing to do is download something called TCPview. (Click Here) Open it up and this is what you're looking for.
Now it may not be Skype that's using the HTTPS port, it could be anything. Just click on the Local Port tab at the top to sort by name and scroll down till you find either HTTPS or 443. End the process and voila. HTTPS is no longer in use and your back on track.
The message simply means that something is already using the HTTPS (443) port on your machine. Now there are two things you should do to fix this and ensure it stays that way. The first thing you need to do is disable HTTPS sniffing.
Open up C&A. Go to Configure -> Filters & Ports and untick the HTTPS box. Press Apply and then OK.
The next thing to do is download something called TCPview. (Click Here) Open it up and this is what you're looking for.
Now it may not be Skype that's using the HTTPS port, it could be anything. Just click on the Local Port tab at the top to sort by name and scroll down till you find either HTTPS or 443. End the process and voila. HTTPS is no longer in use and your back on track.
Nice, this is useful for me, really thanks.
ReplyDeleteVery annoying but easy to fix. If you don't have TCPview you can just as easily run a netstat -ao and taskkill the pid of the process using 443.
ReplyDeleteShould I be using a VM for this? My computer has like 30 https running and when I end the task some keep opening again and again
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