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  <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 id="BugFixes"><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>
            The NetFlow dissector could run off with your dog, crash your truck,
            and write a country music song about the experience.
            <!-- Fixed in r????? -->
            <!-- (Bug <ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=????">????</ulink>) -->
          </para>
          <para>Versions affected: 0.99.5 to 1.0.8</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:

      <itemizedlist>

        <listitem><para>
            Wireshark could crash without warning.
        </para></listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>

    </section>

    <section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
    <para>
      The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
      since version 1.0:

      <itemizedlist>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            The packet list internals have been rewritten and are now more
            efficient.
          </para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>
            Capturing from pipes on Windows has been improved.
          </para>
        </listitem>

      </itemizedlist>

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
    <para>

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="UpdatedProtocols"><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>

    </para>
    </section>

    <section id="NewCapture"><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 id="VendorPackages"><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>
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  <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>
      Wireshark may appear offscreen on multi-monitor Windows systems.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=553">Bug
      553</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Wireshark might make your system disassociate from a wireless network
      on OS X.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1315">Bug
      1315</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419">Bug
      1419</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Wireshark is unable to decrypt WPA group keys.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1420">Bug
      1420</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516">Bug
      1516</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Wireshark can't dynamically update the packet list. This means that host
      name resolutions above a certain response time threshold won't show up in
      the packet list.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1605">Bug
      1605</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814">Bug
      1814</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Wireshark might freeze when reading from a pipe.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2082">Bug
      2082</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Capturing from named pipes might be delayed on Windows.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2200">Bug
      2200</ulink>)
    </para>

    <para>
      Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer works.
      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234">Bug
      2234</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>

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