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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2011-01-12 23:20:03 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2011-01-12 23:20:03 +0000
commitc06017ec4d66922312278f457b544c43ccd8438a (patch)
tree258c90c502f3543b68e7e7770a3e15480c72e32a
parent757bc6a6ff5fe2c24d829f5fc0986479029db9fd (diff)
Start updating the release notes for 1.5.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=35511
-rw-r--r--docbook/release-notes.xml114
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 73 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/release-notes.xml b/docbook/release-notes.xml
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--- a/docbook/release-notes.xml
+++ b/docbook/release-notes.xml
@@ -50,95 +50,38 @@ Wireshark Info
<section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
<para>
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
- since version 1.2:
+ since version 1.4:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- The packet list internals have been rewritten and are now more
- efficient.
+ Wireshark can import text dumps, similar to text2pcap.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Columns are easier to use. You can add a protocol field as a column
- by right-clicking on its packet detail item, and you can adjust
- some column preferences by right-clicking the column header.
+ You can now view Wireshark's dissector tables (for example the
+ TCP port to dissector mappings) from the main window.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Preliminary Python scripting support has been added.
+ Wireshark can now export SMB objects.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Many memory leaks have been fixed.
+ dftest and randpkt now have manual pages.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Wireshark no longer supports Windows 2000. Please use
- Wireshark 1.2 or 1.0 on those systems.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Packets can now be ignored (excluded from dissection), similar to
- the way they can be marked.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Manual IP address resolution is now supported.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Columns with seconds can now be displayed as hours, minutes and
- seconds.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can now set the capture buffer size on UNIX and Linux if you have
- libpcap 1.0.0 or greater.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- TShark no longer needs elevated privileges on UNIX or Linux to list
- interfaces. Only dumpcap requires privileges now.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Wireshark and TShark can enable 802.11 monitor mode directly if you
- have libpcap 1.0.0 or greater.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Play the RTP stream directly from the RTP Analysis.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Capinfos and editcap now respectively support time order checking
- and forcing.
+ TShark can now display iSCSI service response times.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -150,6 +93,34 @@ Wireshark Info
<section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
<para>
+ADwin,
+ADwin-Config,
+Apache Etch,
+Aruba PAPI,
+Constrained Application Protocol (COAP),
+Digium TDMoE,
+Ether-S-I/O,
+FastCGI,
+Fibre Channel over InfiniBand (FCoIB),
+Gopher,
+Gigamon GMHDR,
+IDMP,
+Infiniband Socket Direct Protocol (SDP),
+JSON,
+MikroTik MAC-Telnet,
+Mongo Wire Protocol,
+Network Monitor 802.11 radio header,
+OPC UA ExtensionObjects,
+PPI-GEOLOCATION-GPS,
+ReLOAD,
+ReLOAD Framing,
+SAMETIME,
+SCoP,
+SGSAP,
+Tektronix Teklink,
+WAI authentication,
+Wi-Fi P2P (Wi-Fi Direct)
+
</para>
</section>
@@ -161,6 +132,8 @@ Wireshark Info
<section id="NewCapture"><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
<para>
+IPFIX (the file format, not the protocol)
+
</para>
</section>
@@ -197,7 +170,7 @@ Wireshark Info
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.
+ About→Folders to find the default locations on your system.
</para>
</section>
@@ -235,10 +208,9 @@ Wireshark Info
</para>
<para>
- The 64-bit Windows installer does not ship with the same libraries as the
- 32-bit installer.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3610">Bug
- 3610</ulink>)
+ The 64-bit Windows installer does not ship with libsmi.
+ (<ulink url="http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64">Win64
+ development page</ulink>)
</para>
<para>
@@ -283,10 +255,6 @@ Wireshark Info
web site</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
- Commercial support, training, and development services are available
- from <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/">CACE Technologies</ulink>.
- </para>
- <para>
Training is available from
<ulink url="http://www.wiresharktraining.com/">Wireshark University</ulink>.
</para>