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Wireshark Analyzer 4.4.2
Wireshark Analyzer 4.4.2 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: dfilter to not crash on failed IEEE 11073 float conversions. Qt 6.8 deprecations.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.4.1
Wireshark Analyzer 4.4.1 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: Reload framing fixes. AppleTalk fix. Allows saving files with Qt 6.8. Donation page added.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.4.0
Wireshark Analyzer 4.4.0 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: 4.4.0 is the new stable release of Wireshark.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.6
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.6 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.5
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.5 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.4
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.4 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: pcap and pcapng have been updated.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.3
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.3 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.2
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.2 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: 5 vulnerabilities and 23 bugs have been fixed.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.0
Wireshark Analyzer 4.2.0 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.10
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.10 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.8
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.8 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: 4 vulnerabilities and 16 bugs have been fixed.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.7
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.7 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: 2 vulnerabilities and 22 bugs have been fixed.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.6
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.6 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: 9 vulnerabilities and 15 bugs have been fixed.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.5
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.5 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: 3 vulnerabilities and 11 bugs have been fixed.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.4
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.4 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: 1 vulnerability and 23 bugs have been fixed.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.3
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.3 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: Seven vulnerabilities and fifteen bugs have been fixed.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.2
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.2 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.1
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.1 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: 15 bug fixes.
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.0
Wireshark Analyzer 4.0.0 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: The macOS packages now ship with Qt 6.2.4 and require macOS 10.14.
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.8
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.8 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: An infinite loop vulnerability in the F5 Ethernet Trailer dissector has been fixed.
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.7
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.7 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.6
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.6 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.5
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.5 Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release. Changes: This release fixes an installation issue on Windows which was introduced in the 3.6.4 release.
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.3
Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
wireshark-dev resubscription requested
Wireshark mailing list archives From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 18:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Hi all, As per the message below, this is your reminder that you are about to be unsubscribed from wireshark-dev. If you wish to continue to receive emails from this list, please visit https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev and resubscribe. Thank you for your time and patience in this matter.
wireshark-users resubscription requested
Wireshark mailing list archives From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 14:38:48 -0800 Hi all, As you may have heard, the Wireshark project is now sponsored by Sysdig, Inc. ("Sysdig"). As part of this acquisition, Sysdig will operate Wireshark's infrastructure, including this mailing list and you must renew your subscription to this list in order to continue to receive emails.
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.2
Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark 3.4.12 is now available
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Wireshark 3.4.12 is now available From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:06:33 -0800 I'm proud to announce the release of Wireshark 3.4.12. What is Wireshark? Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education. What’s New Bug Fixes The following vulnerabilities have been fixed: • wnpa-sec-2021-22[1] Kafka dissector infinite loop.
Re: Visual Studio 2022 Original
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: Visual Studio 2022 From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:54:38 -0800 On 1/15/22 4:37 AM, Guy Harris wrote: On Jan 15, 2022, at 3:09 AM, Gisle Vanem <gisle.vanem () gmail com> wrote: Anders Broman wrote: Hi, Yes sounds like a good idea. Have been contemplating testing it too.
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.1
Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
wslog, windows, pytest, and heap corruption
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: wslog, windows, pytest, and heap corruption From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:55:38 -0800 On 12/29/21 5:15 PM, John Thacker wrote: I was working on a MR for moving the text2pcap/text_import debug over to the ws_log features and I ran into a seemingly bizarre problem. Setting the log level to a non-default value causes the pytest procedures to fail with heap corruption on the Gitlab Windows CI.
Wireshark 3.6.1 is now available
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Wireshark 3.6.1 is now available From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:08:27 -0800 I'm proud to announce the release of Wireshark 3.6.1. What is Wireshark? Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education. What’s New Bug Fixes The following vulnerabilities have been fixed: • wnpa-sec-2021-17[1] RTMPT dissector infinite loop.
Re: Windows build fails
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: Windows build fails From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:31:36 -0800 In my Windows VM I did the following: - Opened "Visual Studio Installer". - In the Visual Studio 2019 box, clicked "Modify". - In the "Installation Details" list on the right, checked the highest-numbered SDK, which was "Windows 11 SDK (10.0.22000.0)" and made sure any other Windows SDKs were unchecked.
Windows automated builds still running?
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: Windows automated builds still running? From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:36:59 -0800 The GitLab CI config was missing a variable. Fix inbound in MR 5477.
Re: Windows build fails
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: Windows build fails From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:50:48 -0800 We recently added a requirement for C11, which requires a relatively recent Windows SDK. The build is failing with CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:589 (message): Windows SDK 10.0.17763.0 doesn't support C11. Please make sure you're using 10.0.20348.0 or later. Is there any way to switch the GitHub builders to a newer Windows SDK?
My latest Merge Request pipeline failed in a weird way in the Windows build
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: My latest Merge Request pipeline failed in a weird way in the Windows build From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:34:50 -0800 On 12/14/21 7:22 PM, Richard Sharpe wrote: Hi folks, This pipeline failed: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/pipelines/429686197 The failure is: ------------------------ $ cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DENABLE_LTO=off ..
code.wireshark.org shutdown
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread code.wireshark.org shutdown From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:47:28 -0800 Hi all, A severe vulnerability was recently discovered in log4j (CVE-2021-44228), which allows remote code execution: https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/ Code.wireshark.org was running Gerrit 2.14.11, which includes log4j 1.2.17, which appears to be vulnerable to this issue:...
Wireshark Analyzer 3.6.0
Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
Wireshark 3.6.0 is now available
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Wireshark 3.6.0 is now available From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:48:39 -0800 I'm proud to announce the release of Wireshark 3.6.0. What is Wireshark? Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education. What’s New Many improvements have been made. See the “New and Updated Features” section below for more details.
Remote Developer Den, November 2021
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: Remote Developer Den, November 2021 From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:58:14 -0800 Quick reminder: the next Developer Den will be this upcoming Tuesday, November 23rd. On 11/11/21 1:37 PM, Gerald Combs wrote: Hi all, I've scheduled the next remote Developer Den for Tuesday, November 23rd.
Wireshark Analyzer 3.4.10
Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.
404 page not found
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: Gerrit - 404 page not found From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:40:00 -0800 On 11/17/21 9:57 AM, chuck c wrote: https://code.wireshark.org/review/32179 <https://code.wireshark.org/review/32179> https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/13828/ <https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/13828/> Was working yesterday. It should be fixed now.
Wireshark 3.4.10 is now available
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Wireshark 3.4.10 is now available From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:01:07 -0800 I'm proud to announce the release of Wireshark 3.4.10. What is Wireshark? Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education. What’s New This release fixes a forward compatibility issue[1] with the I/O Graphs preferences.
Remote Developer Den, November 2021
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Remote Developer Den, November 2021 From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:37:12 -0800 Hi all, I've scheduled the next remote Developer Den for Tuesday, November 23rd. This is a remote version of the Developer Den at SharkFest, a room that is set aside for office hours where everyone is welcome to stop in, say hello, ask questions, etc.
Wireshark 3.6.0rc3 is now available
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Wireshark 3.6.0rc3 is now available From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:01:44 -0800 I'm proud to announce the release of Wireshark 3.6.0rc3. This is the third release candidate for Wireshark 3.6. What is Wireshark? Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education. What’s New Many improvements have been made.
Wiki editor permission request
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: Wiki editor permission request From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:14:48 -0700 Done. On 10/31/21 12:59 AM, manabu hirose wrote: Hi, I would like permission to edit the Wireshark wiki. My GitLab username is @manabapp.
Re: pipeline failed
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: pipeline failed From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:16:09 -0700 On 10/28/21 12:29 PM, Zoran Bošnjak wrote: Hello wireshark developers, please advice how do I reproduce the pipeline build failure in local environment. In particular, this one: https://gitlab.com/zoranbosnjak/wireshark/-/pipelines/397393242 The following problems are reported on merge request: 1.
How to test legacy (glib-compat) code
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: How to test legacy (glib-compat) code From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:53:43 -0700 The oldest version of GLib that we build with is 2.56.1 on the CentOS 7 builder: CentOS 7 2.56.1 CentOS 8 2.56.4 Debian 2.66.8 Fedora 2.68.4 macOS ARM 2.68.4 macOS Intel 2.58.3 openSUSE 15.2 2.62.6 Ubuntu 2.64.6 Win32 2.66.4 Win64 2.66.4 Is there any reason we shouldn't increase the minimum GLib version to 2.56 in the...
Swap 'v'|'V' options for editcap and mergecap
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: Swap 'v'|'V' options for editcap and mergecap From: Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:47:32 -0700 I'm not sure if we've ever swapped flags, but Wireshark's "-m" flag was marked as deprecated prior to the 2.2 release (bcae998048) and removed prior to 2.4 (37252634c4). I don't have any objections to doing something similar for the "-v" and "-V" flags.
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