Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-users] [ANNOUNCE] WinPcap 4.0 has been released
Hi List,
On the back of WinPCap 4.0 our fearless leader has made a new prerelease
http://www.wireshark.org/download/prerelease/wireshark-setup-0.99.5pre2-20620.exe
with a whole bunch of fixes and improvements.
Lets give this installer a serious testdrive.
Thanx,
Jaap
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Gianluca Varenni wrote:
> As of today, WinPcap 4.0 is available in the download section of the
> WinPcap website, http://www.winpcap.org/install/ .
>
> This software release contains major improvements to the kernel
> driver, which has been thoroughly reviewed (and partially rewritten).
> As a result, WinPcap 4.0 is extremely more reliable and stable than
> previous versions!
> The 4.0 version also adds the long awaited stable support for x64
> platforms, including Windows XP and the upcoming Vista.
> Finally, this release includes support for the CACE Technologies
> Wireless AirPcap Adapters, the first open and affordable solution for
> Wi-Fi capture on the Windows platform.
> Full details of the changes can be found in the change log attached at
> the end of this message.
>
> As always, we profoundly thank all the users that tested the
> development versions of WinPcap 4.0, it would not have been possible
> without your help and precious suggestions. Thanks!
>
> Gianluca Varenni
> WinPcap Team
>
>
>
> Changelog from WinPcap 4.0 beta3
> ================================
>
> - Added support for Vista x64 by digitally signing all the binaries of
> the WinPcap distribution.
>
> - Better error handling in the installer - if the installation of the
> Microsoft Network Monitor Driver (NetMon) fails.
>
> - Improved the documentation layout and readability - updated the
> style sheet and migrated to Doxygen 1.5.1.
>
> =========
>
