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  19 <article>
  20   <title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
  21
  22   <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
  23     <para>
  24       Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.  It
  25       is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
  26     </para>
  27   </section>
  28
  29   <section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
  30     <section id="BugFixes"><title>Bug Fixes</title>
  31
  32     <para>
  33
  34       The following bugs have been fixed:
  35
  36       <itemizedlist>
  37
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  40         <listitem><para>
  41           Wireshark will practice the jazz flute for hours on end when you're
  42           trying to sleep.
  43           (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=0000">Bug
  44           0000</ulink>)
  45         </para></listitem>
  46 -->
  47
  48         <listitem><para>
  49           .
  50         </para></listitem>
  51
  52       </itemizedlist>
  53
  54     </para>
  55
  56     </section>
  57
  58     <section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
  59     <para>
  60       The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
  61       since version 1.8:
  62
  63       <itemizedlist>
  64
  65         <listitem>
  66           <para>
  67             The main welcome screen and status bar now display file sizes using
  68             strict SI prefixes instead of old-style binary prefixes.
  69           </para>
  70         </listitem>
  71
  72         <listitem>
  73           <para>
  74             It is now possible to compare two fields in a display filter
  75             (for example: udp.srcport != udp.dstport).  The two fields must
  76             be of the same type for this to work.
  77           </para>
  78         </listitem>
  79
  80       </itemizedlist>
  81
  82     </para>
  83     </section>
  84
  85     <section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
  86     <para>
  87
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  90 .
  91
  92     </para>
  93     </section>
  94
  95     <section id="UpdatedProtocols"><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
  96
  97 Too many protocols have been updated to list here.
  98
  99     </para>
 100     </section>
 101
 102     <section id="NewCapture"><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
 103     <para>
 104
 105 <!-- Sorted, one per line -->
 106
 107 .
 108
 109     </para>
 110     </section>
 111
 112   </section>
 113
 114   <section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
 115     <para>
 116       Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
 117       <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">http://www.wireshark.org/download.html</ulink>.
 118     </para>
 119
 120     <section id="VendorPackages"><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
 121       <para>
 122         Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
 123         You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
 124         system specific to that platform.  A list of third-party packages
 125         can be found on the
 126         <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty">download page</ulink>
 127         on the Wireshark web site.
 128       </para>
 129     </section>
 130
 131   </section>
 132
 133   <!-- XXX needs to be written
 134   <section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
 135     <para>
 136     </para>
 137   </section>
 138   -->
 139
 140   <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
 141     <para>
 142       Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
 143       preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
 144       These locations vary from platform to platform.  You can use
 145       About→Folders to find the default locations on your system.
 146     </para>
 147   </section>
 148
 149   <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
 150
 151     <para>
 152       Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
 153       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419">Bug
 154       1419</ulink>)
 155     </para>
 156
 157     <para>
 158       The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
 159       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516">Bug
 160       1516</ulink>)
 161     </para>
 162
 163     <para>
 164       Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
 165       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814">Bug
 166       1814</ulink>)
 167     </para>
 168
 169     <para>
 170       Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer works.
 171       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234">Bug
 172       2234</ulink>)
 173     </para>
 174
 175     <para>
 176       The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption.
 177       (<ulink url="https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64">Win64
 178       development page</ulink>)
 179     </para>
 180
 181     <para>
 182       Application crash when changing real-time option.
 183       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035">Bug
 184       4035</ulink>)
 185     </para>
 186
 187     <para>
 188       Hex pane display issue after startup.
 189       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056">Bug
 190       4056</ulink>)
 191     </para>
 192
 193     <para>
 194       Packet list rows are oversized.
 195       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357">Bug
 196       4357</ulink>)
 197     </para>
 198
 199     <para>
 200       Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained.
 201       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4445">Bug
 202       4445</ulink>)
 203     </para>
 204
 205     <para>
 206       Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
 207       (<ulink url="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985">Bug
 208       4985</ulink>)
 209     </para>
 210
 211   </section>
 212
 213   <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
 214     <para>
 215     Community support is available on
 216     <ulink url="http://ask.wireshark.org/">Wireshark's Q&amp;A site</ulink>
 217     and on the wireshark-users mailing list.
 218     Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
 219     lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
 220     web site</ulink>.
 221     </para>
 222     <para>
 223     Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
 224     <ulink url="http://www.wiresharktraining.com/">Wireshark University</ulink>.
 225     </para>
 226   </section>
 227
 228   <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
 229     <para>
 230     A complete FAQ is available on the
 231     <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
 232     </para>
 233   </section>
 234
 235 </article>