1 = Wireshark wireshark-version:[] Release Notes
3 This is an experimental release intended to test new features for the next
8 Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
9 used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
15 The following bugs have been fixed:
18 //* ws-buglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
19 //* cve-idlink:2014-2486[]
20 //* Wireshark insists on calling you on your land line which is keeping you from abandoning it for cellular. (ws-buglink:0000[])
22 * "On-the-wire" packet lengths are limited to 65535 bytes. (ws-buglink:8808[], ws-buglink:9390)
23 * "Follow TCP Stream" shows only the first HTTP req+res. (ws-buglink:9044[])
24 * Files with pcap-ng Simple Packet Blocks can't be read. (ws-buglink:9200[])
25 * MPLS-over-PPP isn't recognized. (ws-buglink:9492[])
27 === New and Updated Features
29 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
32 * The I/O Graph in the Gtk+ UI now supports an unlimited number of data points
34 * tshark now resets its state when changing files in ring-buffer mode.
35 * Expert Info severities can now be configured.
39 ** A Polish translation has been added.
40 ** The Interfaces dialog has been added.
41 ** The interface list is now updated when interfaces appear or disappear.
42 ** The Conversations dialog has been added.
43 ** A Japanese translation has been added.
45 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
48 * Transport name resolution is now disabled by default.
49 * Support has been added for all versions of the DCBx protocol.
50 * Cleanup of LLDP code, all dissected fields are now navigable.
52 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
57 ** The About dialog has been added
58 ** The Capture Interfaces dialog has been added.
59 ** The Decode As dialog has been added. It managed to swallow up the
60 User Specified Decodes dialog as well.
61 ** The Export PDU dialog has been added.
62 ** Several SCTP dialogs have been added.
63 ** The statistics tree (the backend for many Statistics and Telephony menu
64 items) dialog has been added.
65 ** The I/O Graph dialog has been added.
66 ** French translation has updated.
68 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
71 * Mac OS X packaging has been improved.
73 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
76 * Dissector output may be encoded as UTF-8. This includes TShark output.
80 ** The Follow Stream dialog now supports packet and TCP stream selection.
81 ** A Flow Graph (sequence diagram) dialog has been added.
82 ** The main window now respects geometry preferences.
85 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
88 * Wireshark now uses the Qt application framework. The new UI should provide
89 a significantly better user experience, particularly on Mac OS X and Windows.
90 * The Windows installer now uninstalls the previous version of Wireshark
91 silently. You can still run the uninstaller manually beforehand if you wish
92 to run it interactively.
93 * Expert information is now filterable when the new API is in use.
94 * The "Number" column shows related packets and protocol conversation spans
96 * When manipulating packets with editcap using the -C <choplen> and/or
97 -s <snaplen> options, it is now possible to also adjust the original frame
98 length using the -L option.
99 * You can now pass the -C <choplen> option to editcap multiple times, which
100 allows you to chop bytes from the beginning of a packet as well as at the end
101 of a packet in a single step.
102 * You can now specify an optional offset to the -C option for editcap, which
103 allows you to start chopping from that offset instead of from the absolute
104 packet beginning or end.
105 * "malformed" display filter has been renamed to "_ws.malformed". A handful of
106 other filters have been given the "_ws." prefix to note they are Wireshark
107 application specific filters and not dissector filters.
108 * The Kerberos dissector has been replaced with an auto generated one from ASN1
109 protocol description, changing a lot of filter names.
111 //=== Removed Dissectors
114 === New Protocol Support
117 Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve)
126 === Updated Protocol Support
128 Too many protocols have been updated to list here.
130 === New and Updated Capture File Support
135 === Major API Changes
137 The libwireshark API has undergone some major changes:
139 * Many of the ep_ and se_ memory allocation routines have been removed.
140 * The (long-since-broken) Python bindings support has been removed from
141 Wireshark. If you want to write dissectors in something other than C,
147 Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
148 http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
150 === Vendor-supplied Packages
152 Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You can
153 usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management system
154 specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be found
155 on the http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty[download page]
156 on the Wireshark web site.
160 Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference
161 files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These locations vary
162 from platform to platform. You can use About→Folders to find the default
163 locations on your system.
167 Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
170 The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
173 Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
176 Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works.
179 The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos decryption.
180 (https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64[Win64 development page])
182 Resolving (ws-buglink:9044[]) reopens (ws-buglink:3528[]) so that Wireshark
183 no longer automatically decodes gzip data when following a TCP stream.
185 Application crash when changing real-time option.
188 Hex pane display issue after startup.
191 Packet list rows are oversized.
194 Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained.
197 Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
200 The 64-bit Mac OS X installer doesn't support Mac OS X 10.9 (ws-buglink:9242[])
204 Community support is available on http://ask.wireshark.org/[Wireshark's
205 Q&A site] and on the wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription
206 information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing lists can be
207 found on http://www.wireshark.org/lists/[the web site].
209 Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
210 http://www.wiresharktraining.com/[Wireshark University].
212 == Frequently Asked Questions
214 A complete FAQ is available on the
215 http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html[Wireshark web site].