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-Use this section to encode all document information
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- <!ENTITY DocumentTitle "<application>Ethereal</application> Release Notes">
- <!ENTITY DocumentSubTitle "&DocumentVersion; (&SvnVersion;) for Ethereal &EtherealCurrentVersion;">
- <!ENTITY DocumentTitleAbbreviation "Relnotes">
-
- <!ENTITY % SvnVersionFile SYSTEM "svn_version.xml">
- %SvnVersionFile;
-<!ENTITY DocumentLegalNotice "<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.</para><para>All logos and trademarks in this document are property of their respective owner.</para>">
-
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Ethereal Info
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- <!ENTITY EtherealCurrentVersion "0.10.15">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWebSite "http://www.ethereal.com">
- <!ENTITY EtherealUsersGuidePage "&EtherealWebSite;/docs/#usersguide">
- <!ENTITY EtherealDownloadPage "&EtherealWebSite;/download.html">
- <!ENTITY EtherealBinariesPage "&EtherealWebSite;/download.html#releases">
- <!ENTITY EtherealAuthorsPage "&EtherealWebSite;/introduction.html#authors">
- <!ENTITY EtherealProtocolsPage "&EtherealWebSite;/docs/dfref/">
- <!ENTITY EtherealFAQPage "&EtherealWebSite;/faq.html">
- <!ENTITY EtherealFAQPromiscPage "&EtherealWebSite;/faq#promiscsniff">
- <!ENTITY EtherealMediaPage "&EtherealWebSite;/media.html">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiPage "http://wiki.ethereal.com">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiCaptureFiltersPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/CaptureFilters">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiDisplayFiltersPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/DisplayFilters">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiPreferencesPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/Preferences">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiColoringRulesPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/ColoringRules">
- <!ENTITY EtherealWikiPreferencesPage "&EtherealWikiPage;/Preferences">
-
- <!ENTITY EtherealDevMailList "ethereal-dev[AT]ethereal.com">
- <!ENTITY EtherealUsersMailList "ethereal-users[AT]ethereal.com">
-
-
-<!--
-Winpcap Info
--->
- <!ENTITY WinPcapWebsite "http://www.winpcap.org">
- <!ENTITY WinPcapDownloadWebsite "http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm">
-
-<!--
-Gnu info
--->
- <!ENTITY GPLWebsite "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">
+ <!ENTITY EtherealCurrentVersion "0.99.0">
]>
<section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Ethereal?</title>
<para>
- Ethereal is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
+ Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
</para>
</section>
<section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
<section><title>Bug Fixes</title>
<para>
- Three security vulnerabilities have been fixed since the
- previous release. See the
- <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00022.html">application
- advisory</ulink> for more details.
+
+ The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
+
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- The H.248 dissector could crash.
- <!-- Fixed in r16967 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: 651 -->
- Versions affected: 0.10.14.
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- Win32: Unicode characters in the users profile path causes problems
- reading/writing the preferences (and alike) files.
- <!-- Fixed in r17024 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: 648 -->
- Versions affected: 0.10.14.
+ The XXXXXX dissector could crash.
+ <!-- Fixed in r#####, r##### -->
+ <!-- Bug IDs: ### -->
+ Versions affected: 0.99.0.
</para></listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <!-- Coverity bugs (r17489 and above) -->
+
+ Under a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
+ <ulink url="http://www.coverity.com">Coverity</ulink> has uncovered
+ a number of vulnerabilities in Wireshark:
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <!-- CID 1 - 149: Fixed for 0.99.0 -->
+ <!-- CID 150: Post-0.99.0 -->
+
<listitem><para>
- Win32: Unicode characters in filenames given to the Ethereal command
- line doesn't work (used e.g. when "double-clicking" in explorer).
- <!-- Fixed in r17025 -->
- <!-- Bug IDs: 661 -->
- Versions affected: 0.10.14.
+ XXXX feature could crash Ethereal.
+ <!-- Fixed in r##### -->
+ <!-- Bug IDs: None -->
+ <!-- Coverity CID ### -->
+ Versions affected: 0.9.16.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+
</section>
<section><title>New and Updated Features</title>
<para>
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
since the last release:
+ <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- Win32: Catch hardware exceptions caused by buggy dissectors.
- If e.g. a NULL pointer exceptions occurs, Ethereal won't crash now
- but displays the exception and tries to continue decoding packets.
</para></listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<para>
Download ethereal-setup-&EtherealCurrentVersion;.exe from the
<ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/">Windows
- download area</ulink> on the main web site. Double-click the
+ download area</ulink> on the main web site. Double-click the
installer executable.
</para>
</section>
Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Ethereal packages.
You can install or upgrade Ethereal using the package management
system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages
- can be found on the <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Ethereal web site.
+ can be found on the <ulink url="http://www.ethereal.com/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
</para>
</section>
</section>
- <!-- XXX needs to be written
+ <!-- XXX needs to be written
<section id="RemovingEthereal"><title>Removing Ethereal</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
<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.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220">Bug
+ #220</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
<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.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220">Bug
- #220</ulink>)
+ The <guibutton>Filter</guibutton> button is nonfunctional in the
+ file dialogs under Windows.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Trying to save flow data may crash Ethereal.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.ethereal.com/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.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=699">Bug
+ #699</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Multiple tap interfaces may cause a crash under FreeBSD.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=757">Bug
+ #757</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Ethereal may crash while viewing TCP streams.
+ (<ulink url="http://bugs.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=852">Bug
+ #852</ulink>)
+ </para>
+
</section>
<section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
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