SharkFest’26 US Retrospective
July 18-23, 2026 Nashville, TN
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Nashville for SharkFest’26 US! Session recordings and presentation slides will be added here as they become available.
Keynote Presentations
Wireshark Progress, Problems, and Plans
Gerald Combs
Packets through the ages – A personal story
Peter Jones
Tuesday Classes
- TCP details that matter for the WCA Exam, by Jasper Bongertz
- What is new in Wireshark, by Roland Knall
- Demystifying DNS Security: DNSSEC, DoT, DoH, DoQ - When and Where to Use them, by Chris Greer
- Lost In Transmission, by Megumi Takeshita
- Wireshark: The Prequel - What to do BEFORE you look at a capture, by Rob MacDonald
- Capturing the spectrum of wireless packets, by Mike Kershaw
- Packets in the Power Grid: A Journey Inside the Substation, by Daniel Lopez
- MAC Privacy Protocol Wireshark Plugin, by Cameron Smith
- NGNE with AI: Think Like an Architect, by Scott F Robohn
- Wireshark plus Advanced Analytics – Better Together (2 part session), by John Pittle
Wednesday Classes
- Burnout Is Only the Beginning: How to Prevent a Buildup of Trauma in IT, by D. J. Eshelman
- Media Casting Protocols: Everything AirPlay, AirDrop and Wi-Fi Aware, by Eva Santos
- The Packet Doctors are in! Packet trace examinations with the experts, by Jasper Bongertz
- From Specs to Packets: Generating Binary Exchange Dissectors at Scale, by William Tegel
- TCP SACK Overview and Impact on Performance, by John Pittle
- Don’t blame the network – ask the network!, by David Soussan
- Understanding LTE & 5G: 3GPP Packet Flow and Network Analysis, by Mark Stout
- Topology-Based PCAP Analysis: Wireshark-Integrated Insight Beyond Packet Lists, by Ryan Younger
- Attacks in the Network - A look at real world malicious traffic examples, by Jasper Bongertz
Thursday Classes
- Examining NAT behavior with Wireshark - WCA Core Topic, by Ross Bagurdes
- Understanding and Analyzing Web Performance, by Josh Clark
- AI Found Holes In Our Cheese, by Gerald Combs
- Troubleshooting with Wireshark and how to explain your findings, by Patrick Barber
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