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author | Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xs4all.nl> | 2008-06-25 21:21:33 +0000 |
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committer | Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xs4all.nl> | 2008-06-25 21:21:33 +0000 |
commit | 0740f305fb9e7b7236a4096d1011f4b2f188db80 (patch) | |
tree | ca14dc19e48b7ac71053b35cf083e1ea835ecd71 /README | |
parent | dbfbb872ee3ff6a85cd082b68904d65570378a60 (diff) |
Update the document to the current state of affairs.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=25604
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The official home of Wireshark is The latest distribution can be found in the subdirectory - http://www.wireshark.org/distribution + http://www.wireshark.org/download Installation @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Wireshark is known to compile and run on the following systems: - Tru64 UNIX (formerly Digital UNIX) (3.2 and later) - Irix (6.5) - AIX (4.3.2, with a bit of work) - - Win32 (NT, 2000, 2003, XP) + - Win32 (NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista) and possibly on other versions of those OSes. It should run on other Unix-ish systems without too much trouble. @@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ Usage In order to capture packets from the network, you need to be running as root, or have access to the appropriate entry under /dev if your system is so inclined (BSD-derived systems, and systems such as Solaris and -HP-UX that support DLPI, typically fall into this category). Although +HP-UX that support DLPI, typically fall into this category). Although it might be tempting to make the Wireshark executable setuid root, please -don't - alpha code is by nature not very robust, and liable to contain +don't. The capture process has been isolated in dumpcap, which can be +installed setuid root. This simple program is less likely to contain security holes. Please consult the man page for a description of each command-line @@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ option. How to Report a Bug ------------------- Wireshark is still under constant development, so it is possible that you will -encounter a bug while using it. Please report bugs to wireshark-dev@wireshark.org. +encounter a bug while using it. Please report bugs to http://bugs.wireshark.org. Be sure you tell us: 1) Operating System and version (the command 'uname -sr' may |