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Wireshark Capture Session (WCS)

Wireshark capture session is a time-bounded packet capture using the Wireshark protocol analyzer to record network traffic from selected interfaces into pcap or pcapng files, enabling detailed troubleshooting, performance analysis, and security investigation in enterprise networks and systems.

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"wireshark-capture-session-wcs"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/9e839fe6-1942-41e6-a2a0-05377d3ab99c

CLI

di get-glossary --slug wireshark-capture-session-wcs

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