                     Wireshark 1.99.0 Release Notes

   This is an experimental release intended to test new features
   for Wireshark 2.0.
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What is Wireshark?

   Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol
   analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development
   and education.
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What's New

  New and Updated Features

   The following features are new (or have been significantly
   updated) since version 1.12.0:
     * The I/O Graph in the Gtk+ UI now supports an unlimited
       number of data points (up from 100k).
     * TShark now resets its state when changing files in
       ring-buffer mode.
     * Expert Info severities can now be configured.
     * Wireshark now supports external capture interfaces.
       External capture interfaces can be anything from a
       tcpdump-over-ssh pipe to a program that captures from
       proprietary or non-standard hardware. This functionality is
       not available in the Qt UI yet.
     * Qt port:
          + The Qt UI is now the default (program name is
            wireshark).
          + A Polish translation has been added.
          + The Interfaces dialog has been added.
          + The interface list is now updated when interfaces
            appear or disappear.
          + The Conversations and Endpoints dialogs have been
            added.
          + A Japanese translation has been added.
          + It is now possible to manage remote capture
            interfaces.
          + Windows: taskbar progress support has been added.
          + Most toolbar actions are in place and work.
          + More command line options are now supported

  New Protocol Support

   ceph, corosync/totemnet, corosync/totemsrp, CP "Cooper" 2179,
   Dynamic Source Routing (RFC 4728), Generic Network
   Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve), IPMI Trace, iSER,
   KNXnetIP, OptoMMP, S7 Communication, and Stateless Transport
   Tunneling

  Updated Protocol Support

   Too many protocols have been updated to list here.

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   Android logcat text files, and Wireshark now supports
   nanosecond timestamp resolution in PCAP-NG files.

  Major API Changes

   The libwireshark API has undergone some major changes:
     * Many of the ep_ and se_ memory allocation routines have
       been removed.
     * The (long-since-broken) Python bindings support has been
       removed. If you want to write dissectors in something other
       than C, use Lua.
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Getting Wireshark

   Wireshark source code and installation packages are available
   from [1]https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.

  Vendor-supplied Packages

   Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark
   packages. 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 [2]download page on
   the Wireshark web site.
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File Locations

   Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
   preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
   These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
   About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.
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Known Problems

   Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. ([3]Bug
   1419)

   The BER dissector might infinitely loop. ([4]Bug 1516)

   Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
   ([5]Bug 1814)

   Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer
   works. ([6]Bug 2234)

   The 64-bit Windows installer does not support Kerberos
   decryption. ([7]Win64 development page)

   Resolving ([8]Bug 9044) reopens ([9]Bug 3528) so that Wireshark
   no longer automatically decodes gzip data when following a TCP
   stream.

   Application crash when changing real-time option. ([10]Bug
   4035)

   Hex pane display issue after startup. ([11]Bug 4056)

   Packet list rows are oversized. ([12]Bug 4357)

   Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some
   cases. ([13]Bug 4985)

   The 64-bit version of Wireshark will leak memory on Windows
   when the display depth is set to 16 bits ([14]Bug 9914)
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Getting Help

   Community support is available on [15]Wireshark's Q&A site and
   on the wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription information
   and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing lists can be found
   on [16]the web site.

   Official Wireshark training and certification are available
   from [17]Wireshark University.
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Frequently Asked Questions

   A complete FAQ is available on the [18]Wireshark web site.
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   Last updated 2014-10-07 16:09:20 UTC

References

   1. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
   2. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
   3. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419
   4. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
   5. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814
   6. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
   7. http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64
   8. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9044
   9. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3528
  10. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
  11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056
  12. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357
  13. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
  14. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9914
  15. http://ask.wireshark.org/
  16. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  17. http://www.wiresharktraining.com/
  18. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html
