
                         Wireshark 1.11.4 Release Notes

   This is an experimental release intended to test new features for the
   next stable release.
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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

  Bug Fixes

   The following bugs have been fixed:
     * "On-the-wire" packet lengths are limited to 65535 bytes. ([1]Bug
       8808, ws-buglink:9390)
     * "Follow TCP Stream" shows only the first HTTP req+res. ([2]Bug
       9044)
     * Files with pcap-ng Simple Packet Blocks can't be read. ([3]Bug
       9200)
     * MPLS-over-PPP isn't recognized. ([4]Bug 9492)

  New and Updated Features

   The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
   since version 1.11.3:
     * Transport name resolution is now disabled by default.

   The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
   since version 1.11.2:
     * Qt port:
          + The About dialog has been added
          + The Capture Interfaces dialog has been added.
          + The Decode As dialog has been added. It managed to swallow up
            the User Specified Decodes dialog as well.
          + The Export PDU dialog has been added.
          + Several SCTP dialogs have been added.
          + The statistics tree (the backend for many Statistics and
            Telephony menu items) dialog has been added.
          + The I/O Graph dialog has been added.
          + French translation has updated.

   The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
   since version 1.11.1:
     * Mac OS X packaging has been improved.

   The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
   since version 1.11.0:
     * Dissector output may be encoded as UTF-8. This includes TShark
       output.
     * Qt port:
          + The Follow Stream dialog now supports packet and TCP stream
            selection.
          + A Flow Graph (sequence diagram) dialog has been added.
          + The main window now respects geometry preferences.

   The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
   since version 1.10:
     * Wireshark now uses the Qt application framework. The new UI should
       provide a significantly better user experience, particularly on Mac
       OS X and Windows.
     * The Windows installer now uninstalls the previous version of
       Wireshark silently. You can still run the uninstaller manually
       beforehand if you wish to run it interactively.
     * Expert information is now filterable when the new API is in use.
     * The "Number" column shows related packets and protocol conversation
       spans (Qt only).
     * When manipulating packets with editcap using the -C <choplen>
       and/or -s <snaplen> options, it is now possible to also adjust the
       original frame length using the -L option.
     * You can now pass the -C <choplen> option to editcap multiple times,
       which allows you to chop bytes from the beginning of a packet as
       well as at the end of a packet in a single step.
     * You can now specify an optional offset to the -C option for
       editcap, which allows you to start chopping from that offset
       instead of from the absolute packet beginning or end.
     * "malformed" display filter has been renamed to "_ws.malformed". A
       handful of other filters have been given the "_ws." prefix to note
       they are Wireshark application specific filters and not dissector
       filters.
     * The Kerberos dissector has been replaced with an auto generated one
       from ASN1 protocol description, changing a lot of filter names.

  Removed dissectors

     * The ASN1 plugin has been removed as it's deemed obsolete.
     * The GNM dissector has been removed as it was never used.
     * The Kerberos hand made dissector has been replaced by one generated
       from ASN1 code.

  New Protocol Support

   29West, 802.1AE Secure tag, A21, ACR122, ADB Client-Server, AllJoyn,
   Apple PKTAP, Aruba Instant AP, ASTERIX, ATN, Bencode, Bluetooth 3DS,
   Bluetooth HSP, Bluetooth Linux Monitor Transport, Bluetooth Low Energy,
   Bluetooth Low Energy RF Info, CARP, CFDP, Cisco MetaData, DCE/RPC
   MDSSVC, DeviceNet, ELF file format, Ethernet Local Management Interface
   (E-LMI), Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON), EXPORTED PDU, FINGER,
   HDMI, High-Speed LAN Instrument Protocol (HiSLIP), HTTP2, IDRP, IEEE
   1722a, ILP, iWARP Direct Data Placement and Remote Direct Memory Access
   Protocol, Kafka, Kyoto Tycoon, Landis & Gyr Telegyr 8979, LBM, LBMC,
   LBMPDM, LBMPDM-TCP, LBMR, LBT-RM, LBT-RU, LBT-TCP, Lightweight Mesh
   (v1.1.1), Link16, Linux netlink, Linux netlink netfilter, Linux netlink
   sock diag, Linux rtnetlink (route netlink), Logcat, MBIM, Media
   Agnostic USB (MA USB), MiNT, MP4 / ISOBMFF file format, MQ Telemetry
   Transport Protocol, MS NLB (Rewrite), Novell PKIS certificate
   extensions, NXP PN532 HCI, Open Sound Control, OpenFlow, Pathport, PDC,
   Picture Transfer Protocol Over IP, PKTAP, Private Data Channel, QUIC
   (Quick UDP Internet Connections), SAE J1939, SEL RTAC (Real Time
   Automation Controller) EIA-232 Serial-Line Dissection, Sippy RTPproxy,
   SMB-Direct, SPDY, STANAG 4607, STANAG 5066 DTS, STANAG 5066 SIS,
   Tinkerforge, Ubertooth, UDT, URL Encoded Form Data, USB Communications
   and CDC Control, USB Device Firmware Upgrade, VP8, WHOIS, Wi-Fi
   Display, and ZigBee Green Power profile

  Updated Protocol Support

   Too many protocols have been updated to list here.

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   Netscaler 2.6, STANAG 4607, and STANAG 5066 Data Transfer Sublayer

  Major API Changes

   The libwireshark API has undergone some major changes:
     * A more flexible, modular memory manager (wmem) has been added. It
       was available experimentally in 1.10 but is now mature and has
       mostly replaced the old emem API (which is deprecated).
     * A new API for expert information has been added, replacing the old
       one.
     * The tvbuff API has been cleaned up: tvb_length has been renamed to
       tvb_captured_length for clarity, and tvb_get_string and
       tvb_get_stringz have been deprecated in favour of
       tvb_get_string_enc and tvb_get_stringz_enc.
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Getting Wireshark

   Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
   [5]http://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 [6]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. ([7]Bug 1419)

   The BER dissector might infinitely loop. ([8]Bug 1516)

   Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
   (ws-buglink:1814)

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

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

   Resolving ([11]Bug 9044) reopens ([12]Bug 3528) so that Wireshark no
   longer automatically decodes gzip data when following a TCP stream.

   Application crash when changing real-time option. ([13]Bug 4035)

   Hex pane display issue after startup. ([14]Bug 4056)

   Packet list rows are oversized. ([15]Bug 4357)

   Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained. ([16]Bug 4445)

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

   The 64-bit Mac OS X installer doesn't support Mac OS X 10.9 ([18]Bug
   9242)
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Getting Help

   Community support is available on [19]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 [20]the web site.

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

   A complete FAQ is available on the [22]Wireshark web site.
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   Last updated 2014-05-11 18:03:37 CEST

References

   1. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808
   2. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9044
   3. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9200
   4. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9492
   5. http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
   6. http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
   7. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419
   8. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
   9. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
  10. https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64
  11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9044
  12. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3528
  13. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
  14. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056
  15. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357
  16. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4445
  17. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
  18. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9242
  19. http://ask.wireshark.org/
  20. http://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  21. http://www.wiresharktraining.com/
  22. http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html
