Wireshark Through Vpn
  • I use Wireshark to sniff return traffic on my machine

However, it only gives me the IP address of my VPN.

How do I sniff out the traffic after it has been decrypted on my machine?

My filter is something like:

ip.src == 192.168.1.x
udp.port == xxxx
data.length = x.

I am using OpenVPN and need the returned decrypted information.

Any ideas about what's going on?

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1 Answer

Short answer: You can't.

At no point is unencrypted data transmitted on your network interfaces.

What you are asking is exactly what VPNs are designed to protect you from.

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