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= Wireshark {wireshark-version} Release Notes
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This is an experimental release intended to test new features for
Wireshark 3.2.
== What is Wireshark?
Wireshark is the worlds most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
== Whats New
Many user interface improvements have been made. See the “New and Updated
Features” section below for more details.
// === Bug Fixes
// The following bugs have been fixed:
//* wsbuglink:5000[]
//* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark is solely responsible for the decline of shopping malls in your area.
=== New and Updated Features
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
since version 3.0.0:
* Brotli decompression support in HTTP/HTTP2 (requires the brotli library).
// === Removed Features and Support
//=== Removed Dissectors
// === New File Format Decoding Support
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=== New Protocol Support
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evolved Common Public Radio Interface (eCPRI)
Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD)
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=== Updated Protocol Support
Too many protocols have been updated to list here.
=== New and Updated Capture File Support
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// === New and Updated Capture Interfaces support
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// === Major API Changes
== Getting Wireshark
Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
=== Vendor-supplied Packages
Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You can
usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management system
specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be found
on the https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty[download page]
on the Wireshark web site.
== File Locations
Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference
files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These locations vary
from platform to platform. You can use About→Folders to find the default
locations on your system.
== Getting Help
The Users Guide, manual pages and various other documentation can be
found at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/
Community support is available on https://ask.wireshark.org/[Wiresharks
Q&A site] and on the wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription
information and archives for all of Wiresharks mailing lists can be
found on https://www.wireshark.org/lists/[the web site].
Bugs and feature requests can be reported on
https://bugs.wireshark.org/[the bug tracker].
Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
http://www.wiresharktraining.com/[Wireshark University].
== Frequently Asked Questions
A complete FAQ is available on the
https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html[Wireshark web site].