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Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
- Invalid coloring rules are now disabled instead of discarded. This will provide forward compatibility with a coloring rule change in Wireshark 2.2.
The following bugs have been fixed:
- Capture File Properties under Statistics Grayed Out after Stopping a Capture. (Bug 12071)
- Qt: Hidden columns displayed during live capture. (Bug 12377)
- Bad description for NBSS error code 0x81. (Bug 12835)
- Export packet dissections Option disabled after capturing traffic. (Bug 12898)
- TLS padding extension dissector length parsing bug. (Bug 12922)
- Diameter dictionary bugs. (Bug 12927)
- Multiple PortableApps instances can once again be run at the same time.
Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
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 download page on the Wireshark web site.
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.
Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. (Bug 1419)
The BER dissector might infinitely loop. (Bug 1516)
Capture filters aren’t applied when capturing from named pipes. (Bug 1814)
Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works. (Bug 2234)
Resolving (Bug 9044) reopens (Bug 3528) so that Wireshark no longer automatically decodes gzip data when following a TCP stream.
Application crash when changing real-time option. (Bug 4035)
Hex pane display issue after startup. (Bug 4056)
Packet list rows are oversized. (Bug 4357)
Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases. (Bug 4985)
The 64-bit version of Wireshark will leak memory on Windows when the display depth is set to 16 bits (Bug 9914)
Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. (Bug 10488)
Dell Backup and Recovery (DBAR) makes many Windows applications crash, including Wireshark. (Bug 12036)
Community support is available on 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 the web site.
Official Wireshark training and certification are available from Wireshark University.
A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.
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