5 Ethereal 0.10.10 has been released.
7 This release fixes three security and stability-related issues:
9 Matevz Pustisek discovered a buffer overflow in the Etheric dissector.
12 The GPRS-LLC dissector could crash if the "ignore cipher bit" option
13 was enabled. (CAN-2005-0705)
15 Diego Giago discovered a buffer overflow in the 3GPP2 A11 dissector.
16 This flaw was later reported by Leon Juranic. (CAN-2005-0699)
18 Leon Juranic discovered a buffer overflow in the IAPP dissector.
20 A bug in the JXTA dissector could make Ethereal crash.
22 A bug in the sFlow dissector could make Ethereal crash.
25 Please see the following advisory for more information:
27 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html
29 Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
32 New and updated features
34 Tree view item context menus now let you browse to the display filter
35 reference and wiki pages for a particular protocol.
37 Online help has been expanded.
39 VoIP call analysis (including nifty connection diagrams) has been
42 GSS-API decryption has been greatly enhanced.
47 AgentX, BUDB, DTP, G.723, IDP, INAP, KINK, Realplayer Data Protocol,
48 Retix Spanning Tree Protocol, RTCP-XR, XML, XNS, SPP
51 Updated protocol support
53 3GPP2 A11, ACSE, AMR, ATM, BER, BSSGP, BUTC, CDP, CLNP, CoSine L2,
54 DAAP, DCE/RPC, DCOM, DIAMETER, DNP, DNS, Etheric, FCP, FW-1, Gnutella,
55 GPRS, GSM A, GSM MAP, H.225, H.245, H.248, H.450, HTTP, IAX2, ICQ,
56 IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.3 Slow Protocols, IP, iSCSI, ISUP, Juniper,
57 JXTA, Kerberos, L2TP, LDAP, MIP, MPLS, NDMP, NSIP, NTP, OSPF, OXID,
58 PostgreSQL, RADIUS, RDT, Redback, RMCP, RTP, RTSP, SCSI, SCTP, SDP,
59 SPNEGO, SSL, STUN, TCAP, TCP, TZSP
62 New and updated capture file support
64 DBS Etherwatch, Lucent/Ascend, Nettl, Tcpdump (Redback)
69 Ethereal 0.10.9 has been released.
71 This release fixes the following security-related issues:
73 The COPS dissector could go into an infinite loop. (CAN-2005-0006)
75 The DLSw dissector could cause an assertion, making Ethereal exit
76 prematurely. (CAN-2005-0007)
78 The DNP dissector could cause memory corruption. (CAN-2005-0008)
80 The Gnutella dissector could cause an assertion, making Ethereal
81 exit prematurely. (CAN-2005-0009)
83 The MMSE dissector could free static memory. (CAN-2005-0010)
85 The X11 protocol dissector is vulnerable to a string buffer overflow.
88 Please see the following advisory for more information:
90 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00017.html
92 Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
95 New and updated features
97 Ethereal will now detect and flag weak 802.11 WEP IVs.
99 Windows Sniffer timestamp handling has been greatly improved.
101 A bug which made Ethereal crash at startup on Windows 98 and Windows
102 ME systems has been fixed.
104 Ethereal and Tethereal now support a personal "hosts" file.
106 Invalid field length handling has been greatly improved.
108 The capture progress window title now shows the interface name.
113 ALC, AMR, CRMF, JXTA, NORM, PKIXCMP, PROFINET CBA
115 Updated protocol support
117 AIM, ARP, BGP, BOOTP/DHCP, COPS, DAAP, DCERPC EPM, DCERPC, DCOM,
118 DHCPv6, DLSw, DNP, DNS, EAPOL, eDonkey, FC-dNS, FC-FCS, FC-SWILS,
119 FCIP, FCSB3, FIX, GIOP, Gnutella, GSM A, GSM SMS, GTP, H.225, H.245,
120 HTTP, ICMP, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802a, image/GIF, image/JFIF, Kerberos,
121 L2TP, LDAP, LLC, LMP, MGCP, MIME Multipart, MMSE, MPLS, MTP2, NBNS,
122 NDMP, NMAS, NSIP, OLSR, PER, pflog, PGM, PostgreSQL, PPP, PRES, Q.931,
123 RADIUS, RTCP, RTP, SDP, SEBEK, SIGCOMP, SIP, SLSK, SMB, SMPP, SRVLOC,
124 SSL/TLS, T.38, TACACS, TCAP, TCP, X11
127 New and updated capture file support
133 Ethereal 0.10.8 has been released.
135 This release fixes the following security-related issues:
137 Matthew Bing discovered a bug in DICOM dissection that could make
138 Ethereal crash. (CAN-2004-1139)
140 An invalid RTP timestamp could make Ethereal hang and create a large
141 temporary file, possibly filling available disk space. (CAN-2004-1140)
143 The HTTP dissector could access previously-freed memory, causing a
144 crash. (CAN-2004-1141)
146 Brian Caswell discovered that an improperly formatted SMB packet could
147 make Ethereal hang, maximizing CPU utilization. (CAN-2004-1142)
149 Please see the following advisory for more information:
151 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00016.html
153 Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
156 New and updated features
158 Ethereal now has a packet history, similar to most web browsers.
160 Ethereal now supports custom window titles.
162 Minor performance enhancements have been added.
164 RTP analysis has been enhanced.
166 Host name resolution has been improved.
168 Ethereal can now track TCP PDU times. See
169 http://wiki.ethereal.com/TcpPduTime for more details.
171 Ethereal now ships with netscreen2dump.py, a utility which converts
172 netscreen packet-trace hex dumps to hex dumps that can be read by
178 AoE (ATA over Ethernet), Bittorrent, CMIP, GPRS Mobility Management
179 and Session Management, GSM MAP, Extended Security Services, Logotype
180 Certificate Extensions, MAP Dialogue, Network Service Over IP, Online
181 Certificate Status Protocol, PKIX Certificate, PKIX Qualified, PROFINET
182 DCP, IO, Real-Time, Short Message Relaying Service, SSCF-NNI,
185 Updated protocol support
187 3GPP2 A11, ACSE, AIM, AODV, ASN.1 BER, ASN.1 PER, BOOTP, BSSGP, BVLC,
188 CMS, COPS, DCERPC, DCERPC ISystemActivator, DICOM, DHCPv6, DNS, eDonkey,
189 ENTTEC, Etheric, Frame Relay, FTAM, FW1, GIOP, GPRS LLC, GRE, GSM A,
190 GSM SMS, H.225, H.245, H.450, HTTP, IPAddress, IPDC, IPMI, IPsec,
191 ISAKMP, ISUP, JFIF, Kerberos, MQ, MTP3, NMAS, OPSI, PKIX1EXPLICIT,
192 PKIX1IMPLICIT, PKIXProxy, PPP, PRES, Radiotap, RADIUS, ONC RPC, RTnet,
193 RTP, SAP, SDP, SIGCOMP, SIGCOMP UDVM, SIP, SMB, SNMP, SONMP, SSCOP,
194 SSL, Symantec Firewall, T.38, TCP, TDS, TSP, UDP, WSP, WTP, X.25,
195 X.509af, X.509ce, X.509if, X.509sat,
198 New and updated capture file support
205 Ethereal 0.10.7 has been released.
207 The Windows installer features new GLib/GTK+, Net-SNMP and ADNS
208 libraries which fix several known bugs. Unfortunately, a few known
209 GLib/GTK+ bugs remain.
211 In order to avoid a naming conflict with the tcpreplay project, the
212 "capinfo" utility has been renamed to "capinfos".
215 New and updated features
217 Search wrapping is now a configurable option.
219 A lot of material has been added to the Developer's Guide. The User's Guide
220 has been updated as well.
222 The "Decode As..." dialog now supports DCERPC and SCTP.
224 The "Help" menu now includes a link to the wiki.
226 H.323 call analysis is now supported.
231 Cisco PAgP, DAAP, Etheric, Ethernet Configuration Testing Protocol,
232 Ethernet MAC Control Frame, ICE, Kerberos v4, Netscape certificate
233 extensions, PKINIT, PKIX1EXPLICIT, PKIX1IMPLICIT,
236 Updated protocol support
238 AIM, ARTNET, ASN.1 BER, ASN.1 PER, ASN.1, BGP, BOOTP, CIP, CLNP, COPS,
239 DCERPC MAPI, DCERPC SAMR, DCERPC, DCOM, DHCP, DHCPv6, DIAMETER, DNS,
240 EAP, ENIP, EPM, GRE, GSM A, GSM MAP, H.225, H.245, H.248 MEGACO, H.450,
241 ISAKMP, iSCSI, iSNS, ISUP, JFIF, Kerberos, LDAP, LDP, LLC, LWAPP, M2PA,
242 MEGACO, MPLS, NCP 2222, NCP, NDMP, NetFlow, NTLMSSP, OSCAR-ICQ, OSPF,
243 RADIUS, RSVP, RTCP, RTP, RTSP, SCTP, SDP, SES, SIP, Skinny, SMB, SNMP,
244 SUA, T.38, TALI, TCAP, TCP, TDS, Teredo, Time, X.509, X11,
247 New and updated capture file support
249 HP-UX nettl, NG Sniffer
254 Ethereal 0.10.6 has been released.
256 This release fixes a preferences bug present in Ethereal which displayed
258 (ethereal.exe:3512): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwindow.c: line 3107
259 (gtk_window_resize): assertion `height > 0' failed
261 at program startup. A workaround for 0.10.5 is described in
263 http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-users/200408/msg00059.html
265 A new command-line utility called "capinfo" has been added to the
266 distribution which prints statistics about capture files.
268 You can now copy conversation and endpoint data to other applications as
272 New and updated features
274 X.509 support has been added.
276 Crash bugs have been fixed in the RTP and NCP dissectors.
278 PostScript(r) output has been improved.
280 A bug that prevented mergecap from creating a new output file has been
283 Conversation and endpoint performance has been enhanced. General packet
284 display performance has been enhanced.
286 The conversation and host list tools have been renamed to be less
289 You can now copy conversation and host list data as CSV data.
291 RTP analysis can now dynamically determine the proper clock rate.
296 AX/4000, CMS, DCERPC (EVENTLOG, FRSAPI, FRSRPC), MANOLITO, PKCS#1,
297 X.509AF, X.509CE, X.509IF, X.509SAT
300 Updated protocol support
302 802.11, AIM, ASAP, ASN.1 BER, ASN.1, COPS, DCM, DHCP Failover (ISC),
303 ENRP, Fibre Channel, GIOP, GSSAPI, GTP, HTTP, ICAP, iSNS, Kerberos,
304 MPLS, NCP, NTLMSSP, OPSI, OSPF, PRES, RADIUS, Rlogin, RSVP, RTPS, RTSP,
305 SCTP, Sigcomp, Skinny, SMB BROWSER, SMB, SNMP, SSL, TDS, Telnet
308 New and updated capture file support
315 Ethereal 0.10.5 has been released.
318 This release fixes bugs in iSNS, SMB, and SNMP, as described in the
321 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00015.html
323 Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
326 New and updated features
328 Ethereal can now merge multiple files (you don't have to resort to
329 mergecap on the command line).
331 A preview pane has been added to the file dialog.
333 The capture progress dialog can now be disabled.
335 The about dialog has received further improvements.
337 The behavior of Ethereal's dialog windows has been normalized somewhat.
339 The Windows installer can now associate standard file extensions
342 Ethereal can be configured not to bug you about unsaved captures.
344 Ethereal can open help documentation using the default web browser.
349 DNP, ENRP, giFT, H.235, PacketCable, SigComp, SIR (Serial Infrared)
352 Updated protocol support
354 AIM, ASAP, ASN.1 BER, ARP, ATM, DHCP, CFPI, CLNP, DCERPC (DCERPC, LSA,
355 NT, SAMR, SRVSVC, WKSSVC), EAP, ENIP, Frame Relay, GRE, H.225, H.245,
356 H.450, HTTP, IAX2, IEEE 802.11, ISAKMP, iSNS, ISUP, JFIF, Kerberos, LMP,
357 M3UA, MGCP, MPLS, MTP3, NCP, NetFlow, NFS, OSPF, PIM, RADIUS, RIP, RSVP,
358 RTCP, RTP, RTSP, SCSI, SDP, SIP, SMB, SMTP, SNMP, SOCKS, SSL, T.35, TCP,
359 VRRP, WBXML (User-Agent Profile), WSP, X11
362 New and updated capture file support
369 Ethereal 0.10.4 has been released.
371 This release fixes bugs in AIM, MMSE, SIP, and SPNEGO, as described in
372 the following advisory:
374 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00014.html
376 Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
379 New and updated features
381 When built with GTK+ 2.4, Ethereal uses the new, greatly improved, file
384 Export dialogs for Plain text, PostScript(R), PDML and PSML have been added.
386 PostScript(R) output has been improved.
388 The screen layout of the main window can be changed by Preferences now.
390 Many other parts of the user interface have received improvements.
392 Compressed and chunked transfer-coded HTTP bodies are now decoded.
394 A new generic media dissector more cleanly handles HTTP and WSP
395 Content-Type information.
400 ANSI IS-801, BEA Tuxedo, DCERPC EFS, DICOM, GPRS LLC, GPRS SNDCP,
401 IEEE 1588/PTP, PVSTP, MPLS Echo, RTPS
404 Updated protocol support
406 3G A11, ACSE, AFS, AIM, ANSI MAP, ASN.1 (BER, PER), BACnet, CHDLC, COPS,
407 DCERPC (LSA, NETLOGON, SAMR, SVCCTL, SPOOLS) DHCP, DIAMETER, EAPOL,
408 FTAM, GSM, GTP, H.225, HTTP, ICMPv6, IPv4, IPv6, IPDC, IPMI, iSNS,
409 ISUP, Kerberos, LDAP, LDP, MEGACO, MIPv6, MMSE, MQ, MTP3, NTLMSSP,
410 RADIUS, RPC, RTCP, RTPS, RUDP, SCTP, SIP, SLSK, SMB, SPNEGO, TCP,
411 Time, WBXML (EMN, SI, WV-CSP), WCCP, WSP, X11, YMSG
421 Ethereal 0.10.3 has been released.
423 This release fixes several security bugs described in the following
426 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html
428 Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
431 New and updated features
433 Display filters now support the bitwise and (&) operator.
435 Protocol hierarchy statistics now have bandwidth columns.
437 The capture dialog has a new layout.
442 3G A11 Cisco SS7 (RUDP, RLM, and Session Management), FTAM, IPDC,
443 MQ, Presentation, SLSK,
446 Updated protocol support
448 802.11, AFP, AIM/Oscar, Axent Raptor/Symantec Enterprise firewall,
449 BER, BGP, CDP, DCCP, DCERPC NETLOGON, DCERPC RS_PGO, DCERPC
450 RS_PROP_PLCY, DCERPC, DCERPD SAMR, DIAMETER, DOCSIS, E.164, EIGRP,
451 FCFCS, GSM A, GSM MAP, GSM SMS, GTP, H.225, IGAP, IrDA, ISUP,
452 Kerberos, M2PA, M3UA, MTP3, NBNS, NCP, NDMP, Netflow, PER, PGM,
453 PostgreSQL, Q.931, Q.933, Quake 2, RADIUS, RSVP, RTSP, SCTP, SMB,
454 SNA, TCAP, TCP, UCP, WBXML, WSP, X11, xDLC
459 EyeSDN, libpcap (tcpdump)
464 Ethereal 0.10.2 has been released.
466 This release fixes two major bugs in 0.10.1:
468 Under Windows, the error
470 ** WARNING **: error opening
471 /usr/local/share/ethereal/asn1/default.tt, No such file or
474 would be printed at startup.
476 The 0.10.1 source release was missing several files required for
480 New and updated features
482 The user interface has received further updates. The Statistics
484 layout has been improved, as well as the capture options dialog
490 Cisco Cast Client Control Protocol
493 Updated protocol support
495 AppleTalk, ASN.1, DCERPC, Diameter, FCSP, GSM A, GSM MAP, GSM SMS,
497 IEEE 802.3, Kerberos, MSN Messenger, PostgreSQL, Q.931, RPL, Skinny,
503 Ethereal 0.10.1 has been released.
506 New and updated features
508 The Windows installer now lets you choose between the traditional
510 version 1 interface and a new GTK+ 2 interface.
512 Several updates were made to Ethereal's user interface. The "File"
514 now has a "most recently used" list. The help menu was greatly
517 The "matches" operator now handles more data types. For example,
521 smtp matches joespammer@example.com
525 I/O statistics now support 1ms resolution.
529 A column resorting crash on the Windows platform was fixed.
533 EDP, IAX2, IrDA, ISMP, OLSR, PostgreSQL, PRES, V5UA
535 Updated protocol support
537 ACSE, AFP, AIM, ANSI MAP, ARCNET, ASN.1, BEEP, BGP, BPDU, BSSAP,
539 COPS, CPHA, DCERPC AFS4INT, FLDB, RPRIV, RS_REPADM, STAT, SVCCTL,
540 TRKSVR, WKSSVC, DCERPC, DHCPv6, DNS, DOCSIS, EAP, ENIP, ESIS, FC,
542 FC-SB3, FW-1, GIF (OK, so it's a file format and not a protocol per
544 GIOP, GRE, GSM MAP, GSM SMS, GTP, H.225, H.245, H.450, HTTP, ICMPv6,
545 IEEE 802.11, IPMI, IPv4, IPv6, IPX, ISAKMP, iSCSI, ISDN, ISUP, JFIF,
546 Kerberos, KPASSWD, L2TP, LDAP, LDP, LWAPP, MGCP, MLD, MMSE, Mobile
548 MSPROXY, MTP3, NBNS, NCP, NDMP, NFS, OSI, OSPF, PER, PGM, Q.931,
550 RMI, RSTAT, RTP, RTSP, SCCP, SDP, SES, SIP, SLL, SLSK, SMB, SMPP,
552 SOCKS, SRVLOC, SSH, SSL, STUN, T.38, TACACS, TCAP, TDS, Telnet,
554 Text, TFTP, TZSP, UDP, Vines, WAP, WBXML, WSP, WTP, X11
557 Updated capture file support
559 DBS EtherWatch, EtherPeek/AiroPeek, EyeSDN, LANAlzyer, NetXRay,
565 Ethereal 0.10.0 has been released.
567 This release fixes issues in the SMB and Q.931 dissectors that could
568 make Ethereal and Tethereal crash. See
570 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00012.html
574 New and updated features
576 Many performance improvements have been made to the code. Most
578 should see a 2x to 3x performance increase when loading and working
582 A "matches" display filter operator has been added. It is similar
584 the "contains" operator, but supports Perl-compatible regular
587 Tethereal can now dump packet data in XML (PDML) format.
589 The main application menus have been rearranged and the help windows
590 have been revamped, along with a host of other UI enhancements.
592 The capture progress window now features bar graphs.
594 The GLib, GTK+, Net-SNMP, and zlib libraries that ship with the
596 installer have been updated.
600 BFD, CCSDS, CPFI, DCE/RPC {BUDB, EPM4, ICL_RPC, RS_PLCY,
602 IGAP, ISO 8327-1 SES, MS Kpasswd, RTCFG, SEBEK,
604 Updated protocol support
606 ACN, AFP, ANSI A, ANSI MAP, ASN.1, BSMAP, BSSAP, CPFI, DCE/RPC
608 EPM, NDR, SRVSVC, STAT, WKSSVC}, DCE/RPC, DHCP, DNS, DOCSIS, DSI,
610 ENTTEC, FC ELS, FC FZS, FC-SP, FC-SWILS, GIOP, GPRS NS, GSM A, GSM
612 H.225, H.450, HTTP, ICMP, IPv6, IS-IS, ISAKMP, ISUP, Kerberos, LDAP,
613 LDP, MIPv6, MMSE, MS Proxy, MTP3, NCP 2222, NTP, PIM, RADIUS, RANAP,
614 RDM, RSVP, RTCP, RTP, SCCP, SDP, SIP, SMB, SMPP, SOCKS, SONMP,
616 SSL, TACACS, TCAP, TCP, TPKT, TZSP, UCP, WAP, WBXML, WLAN, WSP, WTP
619 Updated capture file support
621 AiroPeek v9 (2.x) support was added. Network Instruments Observer
623 Snoop support was updated.
628 Ethereal 0.9.16 has been released.
630 This release fixes potential security issues with the GTP, ISAKMP,
631 MEGACO, and SOCKS dissectors. See
633 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00011.html
637 New and updated features
639 Ethereal has leapt forward into the 90's and added a toolbar.
641 Ethereal and Tethereal can now force the data link type of captured
644 RTP analysis has been enhanced.
646 Individual frames can now be marked as time references
648 Service response time and general I/O statistics have been enhanced.
650 statistics can now calculate client load (experimental).
654 ACN, ALCAP, ANSI MAP, ASN.1 BER, BSSAP, DCE/RPC DRSUAPI, DCE/RPC
655 INITSHUTDOWN, DCE/RPC RS_BIND, FC-SP, FICON, GSM BSSMAP, GSM DTAP,
657 SMS TPDU, GSM SMS, GSM SS, H.450, IOS 4.0.1 IS-637-A (SMS), IS-683-A
658 (OTA), T.38, TCAP, TPCP
660 Updated protocol support
662 AODV, ASN.1 PER, BSSGP, CDP, Cisco HDLC, COPS, DCE/RPC BROWSER,
664 DNSSERVER, DCE/RPC EPM, DCE/RPC LSA, DCE/RPC Messenger, DCE/RPC REG,
665 DCE/RPC SVCCTL, DCE/RPC, DFS, DHCPv6, DOCSIS, EAPOL, ENIP, Frame
667 FTP, GPRS, Gryphon, GTP, H.225, H.245, HTTP, ICMP, IEEE 802.11, IPX,
668 ISAKMP, ISUP, LAPB, Laplink, LWAPP, MAPI, MDSHDR, MEGACO, MPLS, NCP,
669 NDPS, NETLOGON, NFS, NTLMSSP, OSPF, OXID, PPP, Q.931, Q.933, RANAP,
671 RTP, SAMR, SCCP, SCSI, SCTP, SDP, SIP, SMB, SMPP, SNMP, SOCKS,
673 SPOOLSS SRVLOC, SRVSVC, T.35, TACACS+, TAPI, TCP, TZSP, WKSSVC, WSP,
674 X.25, Yahoo! Messenger
677 Updated capture file support
679 Linux Bluez Bluetooth hcidump support has been added.
681 Endace ERF and Network Instruments Observer, and NetXRay support has
687 Ethereal 0.9.15 has been released.
689 New and updated features
691 Many often-requested features have been added with this release. If
692 you're running an older version of Ethereal you may want to have a
695 Conversation List (aka "top talker") support has been added to
697 and Tethereal. Protocol statistics in general have been updated.
699 Searching capture files has been improved even more -- a new
701 display filter operator that searches for strings in PDUs has been
702 added. The Find dialog now supports case-insensitive searches, hex
706 An H.225 dissector has been added. It can automatically recognize
708 and RTCP conversations.
710 A preference file has been added for disabled protocols.
712 Color filters may now be imported and exported from within Ethereal.
714 A new column type has been added for cumulative bytes.
719 GPRS BSSGP, GPRS NS, H.225, H.263, LWAPP, Laplink, Q.933, STUN
724 ArtNet, BOOTP/DHCP, DCE/RPC, DCERPCSTAT, DHCPv6, DOCSIS, ENIP,
726 FCIP, Frame Relay, H.245, HTTP, IPsec, iSCSI, LDAP, LWRES, M2UA,
728 MEGACO, MTP3, NCP, NDPS, NFS, NTLMSSP, PPTP, Q.931, RPC, SAMR, SCCP,
729 SCTP, SIP, SMB, SMPP, SNA, SNMP, SRVLOC, SUA, TCP, TDS, UCD, UDP,
733 Updated capture file support
735 Support for Accellent 5Views and Endace ERF capture files was added.
736 CheckPoint FW-1 and Novell LANalyzer support has been enhanced.
741 Ethereal 0.9.14 has been released.
743 New and updated features
745 The ringbuffer code has been (nearly) completely rewritten. It now
746 supports an unlimited number of files.
748 Ethereal now supports searching for arbitrary text and binary data
752 Service response time statistics have been enhanced.
754 Tethereal, the text-mode version of Ethereal, can now be compiled
755 without capture support.
758 New and updated features
760 Echo, eDonkey, Jabber, MS Messenger, sFlow
765 AODV, AODV6, Boardwalk, DCE-RPC, ENIP, Fibre Channel, FIX, FW1,
767 IGMP, IPsec, IS-IS, iSCSI, ISUP, LDAP, LDP, M2UA, MEGACO, MTP3,
769 NETLOGON, NTLMSSP, NTP, Q.2931, Q.931, SAMR, SCCP, SCSI, SMB, SMPP,
771 SNMP, SPNEGO, SPOOLSS, SRVLOC, UCP, Vines, VRRP, WBXML, WEP, WSP,
776 Updated capture file support
783 Ethereal 0.9.13 has been released.
785 This release fixes a large number of security issues discovered by
787 Sirainen and others. See
789 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html
793 New and updated features
795 Ethereal now supports a system-wide color filter file.
797 Support for the GNU ADNS library has been added. ADNS allows
798 asynchronous DNS lookups.
800 "Decode As..." functionality has been added to Tethereal via the "-
804 The HTTP, FTP, POP, SMTP, IMAP, and ACAP requests and responses are
806 shown in the protocol tree.
810 distcc, EtherNet/IP, MSRPC ATSVC, RTNET/TMDA
814 802.11, AIM, BGP, CLNP, COTP, CPHA, DCERPC, DNS, EAPOL, Ethernet,
816 GSSAPI, IP, ISAKMP, ISIS, LDAP, LSP, M2PA, MAPI, Modbus, NDPS, NFS,
817 NTLMSSP, OSI, OSPF, OpenBSD pflog, PPTP, RMCP, RMI, RPC, RTP, SCSI,
818 SCTP, SIP, SMB, SMPP, SMTP, SNMP, SPNEGO, TACACS, TCP, TSP, WBXML,
822 Updated capture file support
824 HP-UX nettl, VMS UCX$TRACE
829 Ethereal 0.9.12 has been released.
831 This release fixes several off-by-one and integer overflow errors
832 discovered by Timo Sirainen. See
834 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html
838 New and updated features
840 TCP sequence number analysis received a few improvements.
842 General packet reassembly has been improved.
844 The "Follow TCP Stream" window now allows you to filter out the
848 The Vines code received significant updates.
850 Several enhancements were made to the text2pcap utility.
854 ArtNET, IPX WAN, Intel ANS, iSNS, NLSP, WKSSVC
858 802.11 ACAP, AFP, AIM, AJP, ASAP, BGP, CLNP, CPHA, DCE/RPC, DSI,
860 IP, IPMI, IPX, IPv6, ISIS, ISUP, IUA, Kerberos, LDAP, M2PA, M2TP,
862 M3UA, MGCP, MTP2, MTP3, MTP3MG, Modbus/TCP, NDMP, NDPS, NFS, NLSP,
864 Q.931, RANAP, RPC, RSVP, SCCP, SCCPMG, SCTP, SMB, SNMP, SPX, SSH,
866 TCP, Telnet, Vines, WBXML, WSP, WTP
868 Updated capture file support
875 Ethereal 0.9.11 has been released.
877 The Ethereal 0.9.10 release was packaged improperly. This release
879 the packaging, and adds minor updates and fixes for the following
882 AFS, OpenBSD enc(4), RTP, SCSI, SIP, SMPP, SSH
884 IA64 support has been improved.
889 Ethereal 0.9.10 has been released.
891 This release fixes a security hole discovered by Georgi Guninski in
893 SOCKS dissector as well as problems with the NTLMSSP and Rsync code.
894 All users of previous versions are encouraged to upgrade. See
896 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html
901 New and Updated Features
903 Many small updates were made to the user interface.
905 The "Help" menu now includes the FAQ.
907 The TCP dissector was enhanced. Many more fields are filterable.
909 Tethereal received more IO stats: TCP and UDP top talkers.
911 Packet reassembly has been improved.
913 The "Follow TCP Stream" feature can now export C byte arrays.
915 RTP streams can now be saved to a file.
920 A missing comma in a string array could cause Ethereal to crash when
921 opening the preferences dialog.
926 MSN Messenger, Rsync, SSH, Yahoo! Messenger
931 AFP, AFS, AIM, ATM, Apache JServ, BACNET, BGP, BOOTP, CLNP, COPS,
933 DCERPC NT, DCERPC, DNS, ESIS, Ethernet, Frame Relay, GIOP, GTP, HP
934 extended 802.2 LLC, HP-UX remote management, HTTP, IPP, IPX, LLC,
936 M3UA, MDSHDR, MIP6, MPLS, MySQL, NCP2222, NETLOGON, NLPID, NetFlow,
937 OpenBSD enc(4), OSI, PPP, RADIUS, RMP, RPL, SAMR, SCSI, SMB, SNA,
939 SOCKS, SPOOLSS, SRVLOC, SRVSVC, SSL, SliMP3, TCP, Token Ring, WBXML,
940 Wellfleet BofL X.25, X11
943 Updated Capture File Support
945 NetXRay, NGSniffer, Snoop
950 Ethereal 0.9.9 has been released.
952 Please note the next release will NOT be 1.0. There are still more
953 features to be added before a 1.0 release will be ready.
956 New and Updated Features
958 Plugin search behavior was improved under Unix, allowing more than
960 version of Ethereal to be installed at one time.
962 The statistics graphs have been enhanced. More statistics have been
965 Round-trip-time statistics are now computed for SMB traffic.
967 NCP Call and Reply times are now tracked.
969 Top talker statistics for Ethernet, IP and Token Ring are now
970 available (tethereal only).
972 Color allocation and handling was improved.
974 The RADIUS dissector can now decrypt user passwords.
976 Tethereal now supports reading from a pipe under Unix.
978 The ATM code received major improvements.
980 The DOS Sniffer code also received major improvements.
982 For those that compile Ethereal from source, some fixes and updates
983 have been made to the configuration and build environment.
988 The capture progress window now shows the correct number of elapsed
991 A potential infinite loop in the TCP graphing code has been fixed.
996 MDSHDR, MEGACO, MySQL, SDLC, X.29
1001 802.11, AFP, AFS, AIM, ARCNET, ASAP, ATM, BPDU, Cisco HDLC, CLNP,
1003 RPC, DDTP, Ethernet, FC-ELS, FCIP, H.261, IMSI, IP, IP-over-FC,
1005 LMI, M3UA, MTP3, NCP, NetBIOS, NETLOGON, ONC RPC, OSPF, PIM, PPP,
1006 RADIUS, RANAP, RPC, SAMR, SCTP, SMB, SPNEGO, SPOOLSS, SRVLOC,
1008 SUA, TNS, Token Ring, Wellfleet HDLC, X.25
1011 Updated Capture File Support
1013 Firewall-1, Netmon, NetXRay, Radcom, Sniffer
1018 Ethereal 0.9.8 has been released.
1020 Serious problems with the BGP, LMP, PPP, and TDS dissectors have
1024 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00007.html
1029 New and Updated Features
1031 The TAP subsystem received major updates. Tethereal can display
1032 more statistics, and several graphs have been added to Ethereal.
1034 A protocol hierarchy statistics tap was added to tethereal. This
1036 may be used to replace the hierarchy statistics code in Ethereal.
1038 More updates have been added to TCP analysis.
1040 After a long hiatus, the Windows installer once again includes SNMP
1043 The total running time of the capture is now displayed in the
1045 progress dialog box. The capture progress dialog also shows ARP
1048 The look of the plugins dialog was revamped.
1051 Bug Fixes and Updates
1053 A bug which caused Ethereal under Windows to crash when "Update list
1055 packets in real time" was enabled has been fixed.
1057 The stability of the text2pcap utility has been improved.
1059 In tethereal, the packet count is properly displayed when you ^C out
1066 ARCNET, ClearCase NFS, DCERPC LSA_DS, Fibre Channel, HyperSCSI,
1073 AFP, AFS, BACNet, BGP, DCERPC, DCERPC EPM, DCERPC LSA, DCERPC NDR,
1074 DCERPC NT, DCERPC SAMR, DCERPC UPDATE, GRE, GTP, HTTP, IPv6CP, IPX,
1075 iSCSI, ISDN, IUA, LAPD, LDAP, M2PA, NDPS, NDS, NetBIOS, NFS,
1077 OSPF, PPP, PPPoE, Q.2931, Q.931, RPC, RSVP, SCSI, SCTP, SMB, SNMP,
1078 Spanning Tree, SPNEGO, SPOOLSS, SPX, SRVLOC, TCP, Telnet, V.120,
1083 Updated Capture File Support
1085 AIX iptrace and tcpdump, NetXRay, Sniffer, snoop
1088 == September 28, 2002
1090 Ethereal 0.9.7 has been released.
1094 In order to improve the out-of-box responsiveness of Ethereal and
1095 Tethereal, network name resolution has been disabled by default.
1097 TCP analysis (a feature added in the 0.9.6 release) was improved.
1099 The NCP code base received quite a few updates.
1101 Initial support for version 2 of the GTK+ library was added.
1103 RPC staticstics (which use the new Tap API) were added.
1105 Due to added and updated support for the NTLM, SNEGO, and GSS-API
1106 protocols, Ethereal can now dissect most of the security blobs for
1107 Windows 2000 authentication.
1109 The Ethernet "manuf" file now handles addresses specified with a
1110 mask, and contains many well-known addresses.
1115 802.1s MSTP, FIX, GSS-API, Interbase, NDPS, Netflow (Cisco and
1117 SCCP-Management, SPNEGO
1119 The following DCE/RPC protocols were also added:
1121 AFS4INT, BOSSVR, CDS_CLERKSERVER, CDS_SOLICIT, CPRPC_SERVER,
1123 DTSPROVIDER, DTSSTIME_REQ, FLDB, FTSERVER, KRB5RPC, REPADMIN,
1125 ROVERRIDE, RPRIV, RS_ATTR, RSEC_LOGIN, RS_MISC, RS_PGO, RS_REPLIST,
1126 RS_UNIX, SECIDMAP, TKN4INT, UBIKDISK, UKIKVOTE
1131 AFP, AODV/AODV6, BGP, CHDLC, CHPA, DCE/RPC CONV, DCE/RPC LSA,
1133 NT, DCE/RPC SAMR, DHCP, DNS, DOCSIS, EAP, GTP, HTTP, IP, iSCSI, IS-
1135 Kerberos, LDAP, LDP, M2PA MMSE, NBNS, NCP, NDS, NETLOGON, NTLMSSP,
1137 Q.931 RPC, RPCSTAT, SCSI, Skinny, SMB, SNEGO, SPOOLSS, SRVSVC, TCP,
1143 Ethereal 0.9.6 has been released.
1147 A buffer overflow in the ISIS dissector has been fixed. More
1148 information can be found at
1149 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00006.html.
1151 A bad TCP header could cause problems for the "Follow TCP Stream"
1154 Setting "column.format" from the command line no longer crashes
1155 Ethereal and Tethereal.
1157 Problems with capture files being overwritten (e.g. if you try to
1159 the current capture file) have been fixed.
1161 An SMB conversation handling bug has been fixed.
1163 Thanks to Valgrind, several memory leaks have been fixed.
1165 Some problems with printing under Windows have been fixed.
1170 TCP sequence number analysis has been added.
1172 The DCE RPC NETLOGON dissector has received a major overhaul.
1174 Data types throughout the code have been cleaned up.
1179 CPHA, DOCSIS, NTLMSSP, Xyplex terminal server protocol, ZIP
1184 802.11, AFP, ASAP, BGP, CDP, CDPCP, CPHA, DDP, DCERPC, DCERPC NT,
1186 REG, EPM, FTP, HCLNFSD, HTTP, IPX, ISAKMP, ISIS, IUA, Kerberos,
1188 LLMNR, LSA, MMSE, MPLSCP, NBNS, NetBIOS, NETLOGON, NFS, NTLMSSP,
1190 Quake2, RADIUS, RSVP, RTCP, SAMR, SCSI, SDP, SIP, SMB, SMB Mailslot,
1191 SMTP, SPOOLSS, TCP, TDS, TNS, TPKT, Token Ring, VJ TCP, WINREG, WSP
1194 Capture File Updates
1196 CheckPoint Firewall-1 monitor file support and CoSine debug file
1198 were added. Support for pppdump and Netmon files was updated.
1203 Ethereal 0.9.5 has been released. This version fixes several potential
1204 security problems revealed since the release of 0.9.4. See the
1206 advisory at http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00005.html for
1212 The ability to read packet data from a pipe was enhanced. Printing
1213 under Windows now works.
1218 802.3 LACP, Apache JServ, AODV6, DCERPC Browser, Java RMI, TAPI
1223 ATM, BGP, BOOTP, DCE RPC, EPM, Frame Relay, GTP, L2TP, LMP, MAPI, MIP,
1224 MMSE, MTP3, NCP, NFS, NSPI, PPP, Q2931, RADIUS, RSVP, SCSI, SMB, SNA,
1225 SOCKS, SPOOLSS, SRVSVC, SunATM, TFTP, TNS, Token Ring, UCP, VJ TCP/IP,
1229 Capture File Updates
1231 Ethereal can now write LANalyzer files. The Sniffer, nettl, snoop,
1232 NetXRay, and libpcap code all received updates.