wireshark/docbook/release-notes.xml

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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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<!-- $Id$ -->
<!--
DOCUMENT SECTION
-Use this section to encode all document information
-->
<!--
Wireshark Info
-->
<!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "0.99.7">
]>
<article>
<title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
<section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
<para>
Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
</para>
</section>
<section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
<section><title>Bug Fixes</title>
<para>
The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the
<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-02.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Wireshark could crash when reading an MP3 file.
<!-- Fixed in r22261 -->
<!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=???">???</ulink>) -->
</para>
<para>Versions affected: 0.99.6</para>
<para>
<!-- <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-????">CVE-2007-????</ulink> -->
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The following bugs have been fixed:
</para>
</section>
<section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
<para>
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
since the last release:
</para>
</section>
<section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
<section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
</para>
</section>
<section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
<para>
Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">download
page</ulink> on the main web site.
</para>
<section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
<para>
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
<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
</para>
</section>
</section>
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<section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
-->
<section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
<para>
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.
</para>
</section>
<section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
<para>
The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
file dialogs under Windows.
(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=942">Bug
942</ulink>)
</para>
</section>
<section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
<para>
Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing list.
Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
web site</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Commercial support, training, and development services are available
from <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/">CACE Technologies</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
<para>
A complete FAQ is available on the
<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
</article>