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58 <title>Ethereal &EtherealCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
60 <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Ethereal?</title>
62 Ethereal is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
63 is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
67 <section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
68 <section><title>Bugfixes</title>
70 The following bugs have been fixed since the previous release:
74 The ISAKMP dissector could exhaust system memory.
75 <!-- Fixed in r15163 -->
76 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
77 Versions affected: 0.10.11 to 0.10.12.
81 The FC-FCS dissector could exhaust system memory.
82 <!-- Fixed in r15204 -->
84 Versions affected: 0.9.0 to 0.10.12.
88 The RSVP dissector could exhaust system memory.
89 <!-- Fixed in r15206, r15600 -->
90 <!-- Bug IDs: 311, 314, 382 -->
91 Versions affected: 0.9.4 to 0.10.12.
95 The ISIS LSP dissector could exhaust system memory.
96 <!-- Fixed in r15245 -->
97 <!-- Bug IDs: 320, 326 -->
98 Versions affected: 0.8.18 to 0.10.12.
102 The IrDA dissector could crash.
103 <!-- Fixed in r15265, r15267 -->
104 <!-- Bug IDs: 328, 329, 330, 334, 335, 336 -->
105 Versions affected: 0.10.0 to 0.10.12.
109 The SLIMP3 dissector could overflow a buffer.
110 <!-- Fixed in r15279 -->
111 <!-- Bug IDs: 327 -->
112 Versions affected: 0.9.1 to 0.10.12.
116 The BER dissector was susceptible to an infinite loop.
117 <!-- Fixed in r15292 -->
118 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
119 Versions affected: 0.10.3 to 0.10.12.
123 The SCSI dissector could dereference a null pointer and crash.
124 <!-- Fixed in r15289 -->
125 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
126 Versions affected: 0.10.3 to 0.10.12.
130 If the "Dissect unknown RPC program numbers" option was enabled,
131 the ONC RPC dissector might be able to exhaust system memory.
132 This option is disabled by default.
133 <!-- Fixed in r15290 -->
134 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
135 Versions affected: 0.7.7 to 0.10.12.
139 The sFlow dissector could dereference a null pointer and crash.
140 <!-- Fixed in r15375 -->
141 <!-- Bug IDs: 356 -->
142 Versions affected: 0.9.14 to 0.10.12.
146 The RTnet dissector could dereference a null pointer and crash.
147 <!-- Fixed in r15673 -->
148 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
149 Versions affected: 0.10.8 to 0.10.12.
153 The SigComp UDVM could go into an infinite loop or crash.
154 <!-- Fixed in r15715, 15901 -->
155 <!-- Bug IDs: none -->
156 Versions affected: 0.10.12.
160 If SMB transaction payload reassembly is enabled the SMB
161 dissector could crash. This preference is disabled by default.
162 <!-- Fixed in r15789 -->
163 <!-- Bug IDs: 421 -->
164 Versions affected: 0.9.7 to 0.10.12.
171 The PCRE library that ships with the Windows installer has been upgraded
172 from version 4.4 to 6.3 in response to a
173 <ulink url="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14620">security
174 vulnerability</ulink>.
178 <section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
180 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated) since
185 The <command>timestamp display precision</command> of the Packet List
186 can be adjusted now. The precision will be automatically adjusted
187 depending on the file format loaded, e.g. libpcap typically uses
188 microsecond resolution displayed like "0.000000". In addition you can
189 adjust the precision manually through the View/Time Display Format menu
194 The <command>WinPcap version 3.1</command> installer was released since
195 the last Ethereal release. The version included in the Ethereal Windows
196 installer has been updated from 3.1 beta 4 to 3.1.
197 If you want to upgrade WinPcap separately or install a
198 different version you can download it from:
199 <ulink url="http://www.winpcap.org">the WinPcap web site</ulink>.
203 The behavior of the display filter
204 <command>"ip.checksum_bad" has changed</command>.
205 Instead of merely checking for its presence you must now make sure
206 it is set, e.g. instead of using "ip.checksum_bad" you must now
207 use "ip.checksum_bad == 1".
211 A new capture file format
212 <command>"Nanosecond libpcap (Ethereal)"</command> was added. It is
213 very similar to the common libpcap file format but is capable of keeping
214 nanosecond resolution timestamps. This format is currently supported only
223 <section id="GettingEthereal"><title>Getting Ethereal</title>
224 <section><title>Microsoft Windows</title>
226 Download ethereal-setup-&EtherealCurrentVersion;.exe from the
227 <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/docs/distribution/win32/">Windows
228 download area</ulink> on the main web site. Double-click the
229 installer executable.
233 <section><title>Sun Solaris</title>
235 Download the appropriate package from the
236 <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/docs/distribution/solaris/">Solaris
237 download area</ulink> on the main web site. Uncompress the package
238 using bzip2, and install it using pkgadd.
242 <section><title>Source Code</title>
244 Download ethereal-&EtherealCurrentVersion;.tar.gz from the
245 <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/docs/distribution/">main
246 download area</ulink> on the web site. Extract the package
247 using tar and gzip. Run "configure ; make ; make install".
251 <section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
253 Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Ethereal packages.
254 You can install or upgrade Ethereal using the package management
255 system specific to that platform.
261 <section id="RemovingEthereal"><title>Removing Ethereal</title>
263 <!-- XXX needs to be written -->
267 <section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
269 Ethereal and Tethereal look in several different locations for
270 preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
271 These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
272 About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.
276 <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
278 On Windows systems the packet list scroll bar can sometimes disappear
279 or become unusable. Until the problem is fixed you can work around it
280 by resizing the packet list or the main window.
281 (<ulink url="http://bugs.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220">Bug
286 <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
288 <!-- XXX needs to be written -->
292 <section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
294 <!-- XXX needs to be written -->