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5 = Wireshark {wireshark-version} Release Notes
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10 This is an experimental release intended to test new features for
15 Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
16 used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
20 Many user interface improvements have been made. See the “New and Updated
21 Features” section below for more details.
25 The following bugs have been fixed:
28 //* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
29 //* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
30 //* Wireshark slowly leaked water under the kitchen sink over the course of several months, causing a big mess.
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34 Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
37 === New and Updated Features
39 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
42 * The membership operator now supports ranges, allowing display filters such as
43 `tcp.port in {4430..4434}` to be expressed. See the User's Guide, chapter
44 _Building display filter expressions_ for details.
45 * The autotools build system has been removed. CMake is the one build system now.
46 * tshark has now "-G elastic-mapping" option to generate an ElasticSearch mapping file.
47 * The “Capture Information” dialog has been added back (wsbuglink:12004[]).
49 === Removed Features and Support
51 * The legacy (GTK+) user interface has been removed and is no longer supported.
52 * Wireshark requires Qt 5.2 or later. Qt 4 is no longer supported.
53 * Wireshark requires GLib 2.32 or later.
54 * Building Wireshark using Autotools is no longer supported.
56 //=== Removed Dissectors
58 //=== New File Format Decoding Support
60 === New Protocol Support
62 // Add one protocol per line between the -- delimiters.
65 DoIP (ISO 13400-2 Diagnostic communication over Internet Protocol)
66 GSUP (Osmocom Generic Subscriber Update Protocol)
71 GSM-R protocol (User-to-User Information Element usage)
74 === Updated Protocol Support
76 Too many protocols have been updated to list here.
78 === New and Updated Capture File Support
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81 // Add one file type per line between the --sort-and-group-- delimiters.
84 === New and Updated Capture Interfaces support
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89 A new extcap has been added: dpauxmon. It allows capturing DisplayPort AUX channel
90 data from linux kernel drivers.
93 //=== Major API Changes
97 Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
98 https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
100 === Vendor-supplied Packages
102 Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You can
103 usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management system
104 specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be found
105 on the https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty[download page]
106 on the Wireshark web site.
110 Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference
111 files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These locations vary
112 from platform to platform. You can use About→Folders to find the default
113 locations on your system.
117 The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
120 Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
123 Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works.
126 Application crash when changing real-time option.
129 Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
132 Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. (wsbuglink:10488[])
136 Community support is available on https://ask.wireshark.org/[Wireshark’s
137 Q&A site] and on the wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription
138 information and archives for all of Wireshark’s mailing lists can be
139 found on https://www.wireshark.org/lists/[the web site].
141 Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
142 http://www.wiresharktraining.com/[Wireshark University].
144 == Frequently Asked Questions
146 A complete FAQ is available on the
147 https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html[Wireshark web site].