From Graham Bloice:
[obnox/wireshark/wip.git] / docbook / release-notes.xml
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DOCUMENT SECTION
 <!--
 Wireshark Info
 -->
-  <!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "0.99.3">
+  <!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "0.99.5">
 
 ]>
 
@@ -31,44 +31,36 @@ Wireshark Info
     <para>
 
       The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.  See the
-      <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.
+      <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-01.html">security advisory</ulink> for details and a workaround.
 
       <itemizedlist>
 
         <listitem><para>
-         The SCSI dissector could crash.
-         <!-- Fixed in r18832 -->
-         <!-- Bug IDs: 1034 -->
-         Versions affected: 0.99.2.
+         The TCP dissector could hang or crash while reassembling HTTP packets.
+         <!-- Fixed in r19859 -->
+         <!-- Bug IDs: 1200 -->
+         Versions affected: 0.99.2 to 0.99.4
         </para></listitem>
 
-       <listitem><para>
-         If Wireshark was compiled with ESP decryption support, the
-         IPsec ESP preference parser was susceptible to off-by-one
-         errors.
-         <!-- Fixed in r18856, r18915, r18943 -->
+        <listitem><para>
+         The HTTP dissector could crash.
+         <!-- Fixed in 19899 -->
          <!-- Bug IDs: None -->
-         Versions affected: 0.99.2.
+         Versions affected: 0.99.3 to 0.99.4
         </para></listitem>
 
         <listitem><para>
-         The DHCP dissector (and possibly others) in the Windows version of
-          Wireshark could trigger a bug in Glib and crash.
-         <!-- Fixed in r18883 -->
-         <!-- Bug IDs: 1025 -->
-          <!-- Gnome bug ID: 351034 -->
-         Versions affected: 0.10.13 - 0.99.2.
+         On some systems, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash.
+         <!-- Fixed in 20126 -->
+         <!-- Bug IDs: None -->
+         Versions affected: 0.10.14 to 0.99.4
         </para></listitem>
 
         <listitem><para>
-         If the SSCOP dissector has a port range configured
-         <emphasis>and</emphasis> the SSCOP payload protocol is
-         Q.2931, a malformed packet could make the Q.2931 dissector
-         use up available memory.  No port range is configured
-         by default.
-         <!-- Fixed in r18992 -->
+         On some systems, the LLT dissector could crash.
+         <!-- Fixed in 20007 -->
          <!-- Bug IDs: None -->
-         Versions affected: 0.7.9 - 0.99.2.
+         Versions affected: 0.99.3 to 0.99.4
         </para></listitem>
 
       </itemizedlist>
@@ -81,18 +73,53 @@ Wireshark Info
 
       <itemizedlist>
 
+        <para>
+          On Windows systems the packet list scroll bar could sometimes
+          disappear or become unusable.
+          (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220">Bug
+          220</ulink>)
+        </para>
+
+        <listitem><para>
+          The end of HTTP chunked encoding wasn't being displayed.
+          (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=646">Bug
+          646</ulink>)
+        </para></listitem>
+
+        <listitem><para>
+          The Follow TCP Stream window could omit characters.
+          (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1043">Bug
+          1043</ulink>)
+        </para></listitem>
+
         <listitem><para>
-          The VOIP call analysis feature could cause an assertion.
+          Opening a flow graph could crash Wireshark.
+          (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1117">Bug
+          1117</ulink>)
         </para></listitem>
 
         <listitem><para>
-          The RTP analysis feature could freeze for an extended period.
+          Follow TCP Stream would sometimes get the direction wrong.
+          (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1138">Bug
+          1138</ulink>)
         </para></listitem>
 
         <listitem><para>
-          Selecting "Apply as Filter" wouldn't work for some tree items.
+          The foreground text in the coloring rules editor was always black..
+          (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1164">Bug
+          1164</ulink>)
         </para></listitem>
 
+        <listitem><para>
+          The CSV export format was incorrect.
+          (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1173">Bug
+          1173</ulink>)
+        </para></listitem>
+
+       <listitem><para>
+         On some Windows systems Wireshark could take a long time to start up.
+       </para></listitem>
+
       </itemizedlist>
     </para>
 
@@ -105,26 +132,45 @@ Wireshark Info
       <itemizedlist>
 
         <listitem><para>
-       ESP, Kerberos, and SSL decryption are now supported in the
-       Windows installer.  (As as result, Wireshark is now subject to
-       United States export controls.)
+        WPA and WPA2 decryption support has been added.  The TDS / MS SQL
+        dissector now de-obfuscates passwords.
+        </para></listitem>
+
+        <listitem><para>
+        64-bit file handling has been improved.
+        </para></listitem>
+
+        <listitem><para>
+        The <command>Find</command> function now selects the corresponding.
+        packet detail item.
+        </para></listitem>
+
+        <listitem><para>
+        <command>Find</command> functionality has been added to the TCP and
+        SSL stream dialogs.
+        </para></listitem>
+
+        <listitem><para>
+        Main window keyboard navigation has been improved.
         </para></listitem>
 
         <listitem><para>
-        The packet list context menu now includes a conversation filter.
+        SNMPv3 decryption.
         </para></listitem>
 
         <listitem><para>
-        Wireshark can now generate ACL rules for several popular firewall
-        products.
+        <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/products/airpcap.htm">AirPcap</ulink>
+        support (which provides raw mode capture under Windows) has been
+        enhanced to allow capturing on multiple AirPcap adapters
+        simultaneously using the Multi-Channel Aggregator.
         </para></listitem>
 
         <listitem><para>
-        Wireshark now supports
-        <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/products/airpcap.htm">AirPcap</ulink>,
-        including raw 802.11 captures under Windows.
+        You can no longer install Wireshark on Windows 95, 98, or ME.  (OK,
+        so it's not a <emphasis>feature</emphasis> per se&#2026;)
         </para></listitem>
 
+
       </itemizedlist>
     </para>
     </section>
@@ -132,68 +178,118 @@ Wireshark Info
     <section><title>New Protocol Support</title>
     <para>
 
-Daytime,
-JPEG (RTP payload),
-Pegasus Lightweight Stream Control,
-Pro-MPEG FEC,
-UMTS RRC,
-Veritas Low Latency Transport
+DMP,
+NBD,
+OMAPI,
+RGMP,
+Roofnet,
+STUN v2
 
     </para>
     </section>
 
     <section><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
 
-All ASN.1 dissectors,
-
-3G A11,
-802.11,
-AIM SST,
-AJP13,
+2dparityfec,
+ACN,
+AIM,
+AMR,
 ANSI 637,
-AVS WLAN,
+ANSI A,
+ANSI MAP,
+ARP,
+ASN.1 BER,
+ASN.1 PER,
 BACapp,
-BFD,
-CDP,
-Cisco WIDS,
-DCERPC (DCERPC, CONV, DFS, EPM, FLDB, NETLOGON, NT, PN-IO, RS_PGO),
-DCOM,
+BPDU,
+CAMEL,
+DCERPC (DCERPC, EFS, EVENTLOG, NSPI, PN-IO, WINREG),
+DCOM CBA,
+DCP,
 DHCP,
-DIAMETER,
-DTLS,
-EAPOL,
-ESP,
-H.225,
+DHCPv6,
+DMP,
+DNS,
+EAP,
+EPL,
+ETSI DCP,
+FCP,
+GIOP,
+GSM A,
 H.245,
-H.450,
+H.248,
+HPSW,
 HTTP,
-IPv6,
+ICMP,
+ICMPv6,
+IEEE 802.11,
+IMAP,
+INAP,
+IPMI,
+IPsec,
+IRC,
 ISAKMP,
-Juniper,
+iSCSI,
+ISIS LSP,
+IuUP,
+K12,
 Kerberos,
-L2TP,
 LDAP,
+LLDP,
+MEGACO,
+MGCP,
+MIME Multipart,
+MMS,
+MMSE,
 MSRP,
+MySQL,
+NetFlow,
+NFS,
 NTLMSSP,
-PN-CBA,
-PN-RT,
-Prism,
+NTP,
+OSPF,
+PN-PTCP,
+PPPoE,
+Q.931,
+Radiotap,
+RADIUS,
+RPC,
 RSVP,
 RTCP,
-RUDP,
+S4406,
+SCCP,
 SCSI,
-SCTP,
 SDP,
+SES,
+sFlow,
+SIGCOMP,
 SIP,
-SIPFRAG,
+SIR,
 Skinny,
-SMB,
+SMB (SMB, NETLOGON),
+SMTP,
+SNMP,
+SPNEGO,
 SSL,
+T.38,
 TCP,
+TDS,
 text/media,
-Time,
-XML
-
+TIPC,
+UDP Lite,
+UDP,
+UMA,
+UMTS FP,
+USB,
+VNC,
+WBXML,
+WLCCP,
+WSP,
+X.411,
+X.420,
+XML,
+XOT,
+YMSG
 
     </para>
     </section>
@@ -201,8 +297,8 @@ XML
     <section><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
     <para>
 
-Catapult DCT2000,
-nettl
+Catapult DCT2000, Netttl, Windows Sniffer / NetXray
+
     </para>
     </section>
 
@@ -218,9 +314,10 @@ nettl
     <section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
       <para>
        Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
-       You can install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
+       You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
        system specific to that platform.  A list of third-party packages
-        can be found on the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
+       can be found on the
+       <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
       </para>
     </section>
 
@@ -244,14 +341,6 @@ nettl
 
   <section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
 
-    <para>
-      On Windows systems the packet list scroll bar can sometimes disappear
-      or become unusable.  Until the problem is fixed you can work around it
-      by resizing the packet list or the main window.
-      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220">Bug
-      220</ulink>)
-    </para>
-
     <para>
       The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
       file dialogs under Windows.
@@ -259,30 +348,6 @@ nettl
       942</ulink>)
     </para>
 
-    <para>
-      Trying to save flow data may crash Wireshark.
-      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=396">Bug
-      396</ulink>)
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-      It may not be possible to re-order coloring rules under Windows.
-      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=699">Bug
-      699</ulink>)
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-      Multiple tap interfaces may cause a crash under FreeBSD.
-      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=757">Bug
-      757</ulink>)
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-      Wireshark may crash while viewing TCP streams.
-      (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=852">Bug
-      852</ulink>)
-    </para>
-
   </section>
 
   <section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>