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wrong timestamp. Place a cap on the amount of silence that we do insert. This should fix bug 1580. Update the release notes. svn path=/trunk/; revision=21818
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!-- $Id$ -->
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DOCUMENT SECTION
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-Use this section to encode all document information
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-->
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<!--
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Wireshark Info
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-->
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<!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "0.99.6">
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]>
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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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</para>
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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-2007-02.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Wireshark could crash when dissecting an HTTP chunked
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response.
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<!-- Fixed in r21034 -->
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(Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1394">1394</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>Versions affected: 0.99.5</para>
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<para>
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<!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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On some systems, Wireshark could crash while reading
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iSeries capture files.
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<!-- Fixed in r20990 -->
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(Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1415">1415</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>Versions affected: 0.10.14 to 0.99.5</para>
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<para>
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<!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Wireshark could exhaust system memory while reading a malformed
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DCP ETSI packet.
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<!-- Fixed in r21007 -->
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(Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1264">1264</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>Versions affected: 0.99.5</para>
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<para>
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<!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Defining a display filter macro with no arguments would make
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Wireshark crash.
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<!-- Fixed in r21664 -->
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<!-- CID 232 -->
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</para>
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<para>Versions affected: 0.99.5</para>
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<para>
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<!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Wireshark could loop excessively while reading a malformed SSL
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packet.
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<!-- Fixed in r? -->
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(Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1582">1582</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>Versions affected: ?</para>
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<para>
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<!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
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</para>
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</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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WEP decryption would only work for the first key specified.
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disappear or become unusable.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Merging files in Wireshark now appends files properly.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Wireshark could hang while saving an RTP stream with bad timestamp
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data.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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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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- HTTP object export
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- Delta times
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- Code cleanup
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</para>
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</section>
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<section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
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<para>
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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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</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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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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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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<!-- XXX needs to be written
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<section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
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<para>
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</para>
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</section>
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-->
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<section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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<para>
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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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</para>
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</section>
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</article>
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