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| author | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2019-01-03 14:05:27 -0800 |
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| committer | Anders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com> | 2019-01-04 05:07:07 +0000 |
| commit | 1db84c93307643ab42c726815b89fe65089f6fbc (patch) | |
| tree | 6c6fe2d2edb3cea93a09fb1e48226531bd0f16ac | |
| parent | 5dfec5f64f2c46a6150be5f6c63b596288e47914 (diff) | |
WSDG: Add a note about Npcap licensing.
Expand the Npcap text. Make it clear that you might need to purchase a
license to redistribute Npcap.
Change-Id: I9340ed2d363e66443797478c59859ce10d648aff
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/31351
Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Petri-Dish: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot
Reviewed-by: Anders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc index f3a502e487..32b596e0ca 100644 --- a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc +++ b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc @@ -235,14 +235,32 @@ platform, you can get it at {tcpdump-main-url}. [discrete] ==== Windows: Npcap -You can get the Npcap Windows packet capture library at {npcap-main-url}. +The Windows build environment compiles and links against the +{winpcap-main-url}devel.htm[WinPcap SDK (WpdPack)] and includes the +{npcap-main-url}[Npcap packet capture driver] with the .exe installer. +Both are <<ChLibsSetup,automatically downloaded by CMake>>. + +You can download the Npcap Windows packet capture library manually from +{npcap-main-url}. + +[IMPORTANT] +.Npcap has its own license with its own restrictions +==== +Insecure.Com LLC, aka “The Nmap Project” has granted the Wireshark +Foundation the right to include Npcap with the installers that we +distribute from wireshark.org. If you wish to distribute your own +Wireshark installer or any other package that includes Npcap you must +comply with the {npcap-license-url}[Npcap license] and may be required +to purchase a redistribution license. Please see {npcap-main-url} for +more details. +==== [[ChLibsGNUTLS]] === GnuTLS (Optional) The GNU Transport Layer Security Library is used to enable TLS decryption -using a RSA private key. +using an RSA private key. [[ChLibsUnixGNUTLS]] |