2 Wireshark 1.99.0 Release Notes
4 This is an experimental release intended to test new features for the
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10 Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
11 used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
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18 The following bugs have been fixed:
19 * "On-the-wire" packet lengths are limited to 65535 bytes. ([1]Bug
20 8808, ws-buglink:9390)
21 * "Follow TCP Stream" shows only the first HTTP req+res. ([2]Bug
23 * Files with pcap-ng Simple Packet Blocks can't be read. ([3]Bug
25 * MPLS-over-PPP isn't recognized. ([4]Bug 9492)
27 New and Updated Features
29 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
31 * Transport name resolution is now disabled by default.
32 * Support has been added for all versions of the DCBx protocol.
33 * Cleanup of LLDP code, all dissected fields are now navigable.
35 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
38 + The About dialog has been added
39 + The Capture Interfaces dialog has been added.
40 + The Decode As dialog has been added. It managed to swallow up
41 the User Specified Decodes dialog as well.
42 + The Export PDU dialog has been added.
43 + Several SCTP dialogs have been added.
44 + The statistics tree (the backend for many Statistics and
45 Telephony menu items) dialog has been added.
46 + The I/O Graph dialog has been added.
47 + French translation has updated.
49 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
51 * Mac OS X packaging has been improved.
53 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
55 * Dissector output may be encoded as UTF-8. This includes TShark
58 + The Follow Stream dialog now supports packet and TCP stream
60 + A Flow Graph (sequence diagram) dialog has been added.
61 + The main window now respects geometry preferences.
63 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
65 * Wireshark now uses the Qt application framework. The new UI should
66 provide a significantly better user experience, particularly on Mac
68 * The Windows installer now uninstalls the previous version of
69 Wireshark silently. You can still run the uninstaller manually
70 beforehand if you wish to run it interactively.
71 * Expert information is now filterable when the new API is in use.
72 * The "Number" column shows related packets and protocol conversation
74 * When manipulating packets with editcap using the -C <choplen>
75 and/or -s <snaplen> options, it is now possible to also adjust the
76 original frame length using the -L option.
77 * You can now pass the -C <choplen> option to editcap multiple times,
78 which allows you to chop bytes from the beginning of a packet as
79 well as at the end of a packet in a single step.
80 * You can now specify an optional offset to the -C option for
81 editcap, which allows you to start chopping from that offset
82 instead of from the absolute packet beginning or end.
83 * "malformed" display filter has been renamed to "_ws.malformed". A
84 handful of other filters have been given the "_ws." prefix to note
85 they are Wireshark application specific filters and not dissector
87 * The Kerberos dissector has been replaced with an auto generated one
88 from ASN1 protocol description, changing a lot of filter names.
92 and Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve)
94 Updated Protocol Support
96 Too many protocols have been updated to list here.
98 New and Updated Capture File Support
102 The libwireshark API has undergone some major changes:
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107 Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
108 [5]http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
110 Vendor-supplied Packages
112 Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You
113 can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
114 system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be
115 found on the [6]download page on the Wireshark web site.
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120 Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference
121 files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These locations
122 vary from platform to platform. You can use About->Folders to find the
123 default locations on your system.
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128 Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. ([7]Bug 1419)
130 The BER dissector might infinitely loop. ([8]Bug 1516)
132 Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
135 Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works.
138 The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption.
139 ([10]Win64 development page)
141 Resolving ([11]Bug 9044) reopens ([12]Bug 3528) so that Wireshark no
142 longer automatically decodes gzip data when following a TCP stream.
144 Application crash when changing real-time option. ([13]Bug 4035)
146 Hex pane display issue after startup. ([14]Bug 4056)
148 Packet list rows are oversized. ([15]Bug 4357)
150 Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained. ([16]Bug 4445)
152 Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
155 The 64-bit Mac OS X installer doesn't support Mac OS X 10.9 ([18]Bug
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161 Community support is available on [19]Wireshark's Q&A site and on the
162 wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription information and archives for
163 all of Wireshark's mailing lists can be found on [20]the web site.
165 Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
166 [21]Wireshark University.
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169 Frequently Asked Questions
171 A complete FAQ is available on the [22]Wireshark web site.
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174 Last updated 2014-06-20 01:38:27 CEST
178 1. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808
179 2. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9044
180 3. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9200
181 4. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9492
182 5. http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
183 6. http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
184 7. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419
185 8. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
186 9. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
187 10. https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64
188 11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9044
189 12. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3528
190 13. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
191 14. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056
192 15. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357
193 16. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4445
194 17. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
195 18. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9242
196 19. http://ask.wireshark.org/
197 20. http://www.wireshark.org/lists/
198 21. http://www.wiresharktraining.com/
199 22. http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html