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<article>
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<title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
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<section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
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<para>
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Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
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is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
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</section>
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<section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
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<section><title>Bug Fixes</title>
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<para>
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The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the
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<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.
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2006-05-01 19:21:00 +00:00
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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The HTTP dissector could crash.
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<!-- Fixed in r19022, r19153 -->
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<!-- Bug IDs: 1050, 1079 -->
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Versions affected: 0.99.3.
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<listitem><para>
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The LDAP dissector (and possibly others) could crash.
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<!-- Fixed in r19154 -->
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<!-- Bug IDs: 1079 -->
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Versions affected: 0.99.3.
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</para></listitem>
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The XOT dissector could attempt to allocate a large amount of memory and crash.
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<!-- Fixed in r19365 -->
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<!-- Bug IDs: 1133 -->
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Versions affected: 0.9.8 to 0.99.3.
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</para></listitem>
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The WBXML dissector could crash.
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<!-- Fixed in r19560 -->
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<!-- Bug IDs: 1134 -->
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Versions affected: 0.10.11 to 0.99.3.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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If AirPcap support was enabled, parsing a WEP key could sometimes cause a crash.
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<!-- Fixed in r19401 -->
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<!-- Bug IDs: None -->
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Versions affected: 0.99.3.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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The following bugs have been fixed:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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The file set dialog could grow excessively large.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=331">Bug
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331</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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2006-10-11 23:53:19 +00:00
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<listitem><para>
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Trying to save flow data may crash Wireshark.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=396">Bug
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396</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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It may not be possible to re-order coloring rules under Windows.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=699">Bug
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699</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Printing each packet to a new page didn't work under Windows.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=707">Bug
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707</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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The personal hosts configuration file wasn't being parsed correctly.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=795">Bug
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795</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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"Save as" to an existing file wasn't allowed.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=927">Bug
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927</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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The SNMP dissector was not handling 64-bit counters properly.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1047">Bug
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1047</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Wireshark and TShark would fail to start under Windows while trying to acquire a crypto context.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1096">Bug
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1096</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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Invalid characters could show up in PDML output.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1110">Bug
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1110</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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2006-08-24 16:29:49 +00:00
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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2005-10-14 18:50:25 +00:00
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</section>
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2005-08-17 22:32:40 +00:00
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<section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
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<para>
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The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
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since the last release:
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<itemizedlist>
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2006-03-11 18:51:57 +00:00
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<listitem><para>
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<ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/products/airpcap.htm">AirPcap</ulink>,
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support (which provides raw mode capture under Windows) has been
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enhanced.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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VoIP call playback has been enhanced. If Wireshark is linked with
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the PortAudio library, you can play back G.711 conversations. This
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feature is present in the standard Windows installer.
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</para></listitem>
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The capture interface dialog display has been enhanced.
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<listitem><para>
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The "Save" button has been removed from the "Ok" / "Apply" / "Cancel"
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button group in the following dialogs:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Edit/Preferences</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>View/Coloring Rules</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Capture/Capture Filters</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Analyze/Display Filters</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>"Analyze/Enabled Protocols</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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If you're fond of the "Save" button it can be resurrected in the
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User Interface preferences.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Reading from stdin ("-i -") now works under Windows.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Expert analysis has been improved.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Wireshark now supports USB as a media type.
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</para></listitem>
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</section>
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<section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
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<para>
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Enea LINX,
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Ethernet Powerlink (v1 and v2),
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H.248 Q.1950 Annex A,
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Linux pktgen,
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MP2T,
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NEWMAIL,
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PNG,
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SCSI OSD,
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UDLD,
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UMTS FP,
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USB,
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WLCCP,
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WZCSVC,
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</para>
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</section>
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<section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
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3Com NJACK,
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802.11,
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ACSE,
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AH,
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ALCAP,
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ANSI MAP,
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ATM,
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ASN.1,
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BACapp,
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BER,
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BGP,
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BSSAP,
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Camel,
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Catapult DCT2000,
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CFlow,
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CLNP,
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Common Windows networking,
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DAP,
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DCERPC (DCERPC, ATSVC, DFS, EFS, EPM, EVENTLOG, INITSHUTDOWN, MAPI, NT, PIPE, SAMR, SPOOLSS, SRVSVC, SVCCTL, WINREG),
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DCOM (DCOM, CBA-ACCO, SYSACT),
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DIAMETER,
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DISP,
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DNS,
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DOP,
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DSP,
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ESP,
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Ethernet,
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FC,
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FCP,
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GSM A,
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GSM MAP,
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GSM SMS,
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GSSAPI,
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GTP,
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H.225,
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HTTP,
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ICQ,
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IKE,
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ISAKMP,
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iSCSI,
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ISUP,
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IUUP,
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Kerberos 4,
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LAP-D,
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LDAP,
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LLC,
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LogotypeCertExtn,
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MMS,
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MSRP,
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MTP3,
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NCP,
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NDMP,
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NDPS,
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NFS,
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NTP,
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OSI,
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PER,
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PN-MRP,
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PPP,
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RPC,
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RTCP,
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SCCP,
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SCSI,
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SDP,
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SIP,
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SMB,
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SMRSE,
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SNMP,
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SSL,
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STP,
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TCAP,
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TCP,
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TFTP,
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UDP,
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UMA,
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VLAN,
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VNC,
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VRRP,
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X.509ce
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X11,
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YMSG,
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WTLS,
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</para>
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</section>
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<section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
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<para>
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Catapult DCT2000, EyeSDN, iSeries
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</para>
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</section>
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2006-06-06 13:04:30 +00:00
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<section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
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<para>
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Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
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the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">download
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page</ulink> on the main web site.
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</para>
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<section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
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<para>
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Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
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You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
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system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages
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can be found on the
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<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
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Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
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preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
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These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
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About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.
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<section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
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On Windows systems the packet list scroll bar can sometimes disappear
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or become unusable. Until the problem is fixed you can work around it
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by resizing the packet list or the main window.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220">Bug
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220</ulink>)
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The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
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file dialogs under Windows.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=942">Bug
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942</ulink>)
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<section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
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Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing list.
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Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
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lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
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web site</ulink>.
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Commercial support, training, and development services are available
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from <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/">CACE Technologies</ulink>.
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<section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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A complete FAQ is available on the
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<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
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