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= Wireshark {wireshark-version} Release Notes
// Asciidoctor Syntax Quick Reference:
// https://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-syntax-quick-reference/
This is an experimental release intended to test new features for Wireshark 4.2.
== What is Wireshark?
Wireshark is the worlds most popular network protocol analyzer.
It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
== Whats New
// Add a summary of major changes here.
// Add other changes to "New and Updated Features" below.
Wireshark is now better about generating valid UTF-8 output.
A new display filter feature for filtering raw bytes has been added.
Display filter autocomplete is smarter about not suggesting invalid syntax.
The Windows build has a new SpeexDSP external dependency (https://www.speex.org).
The speex code that was previously bundled has been removed.
Many other improvements have been made.
See the “New and Updated Features” section below for more details.
=== Bug Fixes
The following bugs have been fixed:
* wsbuglink:18413[No Audio in RTP player with Wireshark 4.0.0] - RTP player do not play audio frequently on Win32 builds with Qt6
* wsbuglink:18510[Paused playback cannot continue to play] - Playback marker do not move after unpause with Qt6
//* wsbuglink:5000[]
//* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark grabs your ID at 3 am, goes to Waffle House, and insults people.
=== New and Updated Features
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated) since version 4.0.0:
// * The Windows installers now ship with Npcap 1.71.
// They previously shipped with Npcap 1.60.
* The API has been updated to ensure that the dissection engine produces valid UTF-8 strings.
* Wireshark now builds with Qt6 by default. To use Qt5 instead pass USE_qt6=OFF to CMake.
* It is now possible to filter on raw packet data for any field by using the syntax ``@some.field == <bytes...>``.
This can be useful to filter on malformed UTF-8 strings, among other use cases where it is necessary to
look at the field's raw data.
* ciscodump support Cisco IOS XE 17.x
// === Removed Features and Support
// === Removed Dissectors
// === New File Format Decoding Support
// [commaize]
// --
// --
=== New Protocol Support
// Add one protocol per line between the -- delimiters in the format
// “Full protocol name (Abbreviation)”
// git log --oneline --diff-filter=A --stat v3.7.0rc0.. epan/dissectors plugins
[commaize]
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SAP Enqueue Server (SAPEnqueue)
SAP HANA SQL Command Network Protocol (SAPHDB)
SAP Internet Graphic Server (SAP IGS)
SAP Message Server (SAPMS)
SAP Network Interface (SAPNI)
SAP Router (SAPROUTER)
SAP Secure Network Connection (SNC)
World of Warcraft World (WOWW) display filters have been changed to be more internally consistent.
Support for almost all WoW 1.12 messages has been added.
Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP)
Management Component Transport Protocol - Control Protocol (MCTP CP)
Non-volatile Memory Express - Management Interface (NVMe-MI) over MCTP
DECT proprietary Mitel OMM/RFP Protocol (also named AaMiDe)
DECT DLC protocol layer (DECT-DLC)
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=== Updated Protocol Support
* The JSON dissector now has a preference to enable/disable "unescaping"
of string values. By default it is off. Previously it was always on.
* The IPv6 dissector has a new preference to show some semantic details
about addresses (default off).
Too many other protocols have been updated to list them all here.
=== New and Updated Capture File Support
// There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.
// Add one file type per line between the -- delimiters.
[commaize]
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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[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 menu:Help[About Wireshark,Folders] or `tshark -G 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://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues[the issue tracker].
You can learn protocol analysis and meet Wiresharks developers at
https://sharkfest.wireshark.org[SharkFest].
// Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
// https://www.wiresharktraining.com/[Wireshark University].
== Frequently Asked Questions
A complete FAQ is available on the
https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html[Wireshark web site].