1 Wireshark 1.9.2 Release Notes
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6 Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
7 used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
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14 The following bugs have been fixed:
16 New and Updated Features
18 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
20 * Wireshark on 32- and 64-bit Windows supports automatic updates.
21 * The packet bytes view is faster.
22 * You can now display a list of resolved host names in "hosts" format
24 * The wireless toolbar has been updated.
25 * Wireshark on Linux does a better job of detecting interface
27 * It is now possible to compare two fields in a display filter (for
28 example: udp.srcport != udp.dstport). The two fields must be of the
29 same type for this to work.
30 * The Windows installers ship with WinPcap 4.1.3, which supports
32 * USB type and product name support has been improved.
33 * Wireshark now calculates HTTP response times and presents the
34 result in a new field in the HTTP response. Links from the
35 request's frame to the response's frame and vice-versa are also
37 * The main welcome screen and status bar now display file sizes using
38 strict SI prefixes instead of old-style binary prefixes.
39 * Capinfos now prints human-readable statistics with SI suffixes by
41 * It is now possible to open a referenced packet (such as the matched
42 request or response packet) in a new window.
43 * It is now possible for tshark to display only the hex/ascii packet
44 data without also requiring that the packet summary and/or packet
45 details are also displayed. If you want the old behavior, use -Px
47 * The Wireshark application icon, capture toolbar icons, and other
48 icons have been updated.
52 Amateur Radio AX.25, Amateur Radio BPQ, Amateur Radio NET/ROM, America
53 Online (AOL), AR Drone, Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS),
54 AX.25 KISS, AX.25 no Layer 3, Bitcoin Protocol, Bluetooth Attribute
55 Protocol, Bluetooth AVCTP Protocol, Bluetooth AVDTP Protocol, Bluetooth
56 AVRCP Profile, Bluetooth BNEP Protocol, Bluetooth HCI USB Transport,
57 Bluetooth HCRP Profile, Bluetooth HID Profile, Bluetooth MCAP Protocol,
58 Bluetooth SAP Profile, Bluetooth SBC Codec, Bluetooth Security Manager
59 Protocol, Cisco GED-125 Protocol, Clique Reliable Multicast Protocol
60 (CliqueRM), D-Bus, Digital Transmission Content Protection over IP,
61 DVB-S2 Baseband, FlexNet, Forwarding and Control Element Separation
62 Protocol (ForCES), Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP), Gearman Protocol,
63 GEO-Mobile Radio (1) RACH, HoneyPot Feeds Protocol (HPFEEDS), LTE
64 Positioning Protocol Extensions (LLPe), Media Resource Control Protocol
65 Version 2 (MRCPv2), Media-Independent Handover (MIH), MIDI System
66 Exclusive (SYSEX), Mojito DHT, MPLS-TP Fault-Management, MPLS-TP
67 Lock-Instruct, NASDAQ's OUCH 4.x, NASDAQ's SoupBinTCP, OpenVPN
68 Protocol, Pseudo-Wire OAM, RPKI-Router Protocol, SEL Fast Message,
69 Simple Packet Relay Transport (SPRT), Skype, Smart Message Language
70 (SML), SPNEGO Extended Negotiation Security Mechanism (NEGOEX),
71 UHD/USRP, USB Audio, USB Video, v.150.1 State Signaling Event (SSE),
72 VITA 49 Radio Transport, VNTAG, WebRTC Datachannel Protocol (RTCDC),
73 and WiMAX OFDMA PHY SAP
75 Updated Protocol Support
77 Too many protocols have been updated to list here.
79 New and Updated Capture File Support
81 AIX iptrace, Catapult DCT2000, Citrix NetScaler, DBS Etherwatch (VMS),
82 Endace ERF, HP-UX nettl, IBM iSeries, Ixia IxVeriWave, NA Sniffer
83 (DOS), Netscreen, Network Instruments Observer, pcap, pcap-ng, Symbian
84 OS btsnoop, TamoSoft CommView, and Tektronix K12xx
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89 Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
90 [1]http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
92 Vendor-supplied Packages
94 Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You
95 can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
96 system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be
97 found on the [2]download page on the Wireshark web site.
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102 Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference
103 files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These locations
104 vary from platform to platform. You can use About->Folders to find the
105 default locations on your system.
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110 Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. ([3]Bug 1419)
112 The BER dissector might infinitely loop. ([4]Bug 1516)
114 Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
117 Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer works.
120 The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption.
121 ([6]Win64 development page)
123 Application crash when changing real-time option. ([7]Bug 4035)
125 Hex pane display issue after startup. ([8]Bug 4056)
127 Packet list rows are oversized. ([9]Bug 4357)
129 Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained. ([10]Bug 4445)
131 Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
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137 Community support is available on [12]Wireshark's Q&A site and on the
138 wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription information and archives for
139 all of Wireshark's mailing lists can be found on [13]the web site.
141 Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
142 [14]Wireshark University.
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145 Frequently Asked Questions
147 A complete FAQ is available on the [15]Wireshark web site.
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150 Last updated 2013-03-27 11:36:52 PDT
154 1. http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
155 2. http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
156 3. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419
157 4. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
158 5. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
159 6. https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64
160 7. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
161 8. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056
162 9. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357
163 10. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4445
164 11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
165 12. http://ask.wireshark.org/
166 13. http://www.wireshark.org/lists/
167 14. http://www.wiresharktraining.com/
168 15. http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html