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Wireshark Info
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<!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "0.99.6">
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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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2007-03-07 01:17:24 +00:00
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<itemizedlist>
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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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</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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</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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</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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</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 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 id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
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</section>
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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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