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Wireshark 1.3.0 Release Notes
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What is Wireshark?
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Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.
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It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and
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education.
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What's New
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Bug Fixes
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The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the security
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advisory for details and a workaround.
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o The NetFlow dissector could run off with your dog, crash your
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truck, and write a country music song about the experience.
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Versions affected: 0.99.5 to 1.0.8
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The following bugs have been fixed:
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o Wireshark could crash without warning.
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New and Updated Features
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The following features are new (or have been significantly
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updated) since version 1.0:
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o The packet list internals have been rewritten and are now more
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efficient.
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o Capturing from pipes on Windows has been improved.
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New Protocol Support
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Updated Protocol Support
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New and Updated Capture File Support
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Getting Wireshark
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Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
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the download page on the main web site.
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Vendor-supplied Packages
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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
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management system specific to that platform. A list of third-party
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packages can be found on the download page on the Wireshark web
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site.
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File Locations
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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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Known Problems
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Wireshark may appear offscreen on multi-monitor Windows systems.
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(Bug 553)
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Wireshark might make your system disassociate from a wireless
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network on OS X. (Bug 1315)
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Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. (Bug 1419)
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Wireshark is unable to decrypt WPA group keys. (Bug 1420)
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The BER dissector might infinitely loop. (Bug 1516)
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Wireshark can't dynamically update the packet list. This means
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that host name resolutions above a certain response time threshold
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won't show up in the packet list. (Bug 1605)
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Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
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(Bug 1814)
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Wireshark might freeze when reading from a pipe. (Bug 2082)
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Capturing from named pipes might be delayed on Windows. (Bug 2200)
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Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer
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works. (Bug 2234)
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Getting Help
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Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing
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list. Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's
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mailing lists can be found on the web site.
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Commercial support, training, and development services are
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available from CACE Technologies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.
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