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authorGuy Harris <gharris@sonic.net>2021-03-12 23:31:08 -0800
committerGuy Harris <gharris@sonic.net>2021-03-13 10:02:02 +0000
commit5d39e361983e19fd237ed2e35016b082b5f74ad8 (patch)
tree372c99600bf44ca8d332e1f4dd3384f0d44a276f /doc
parentcc6a45420a9f940acefd709b238cab1c86d7d804 (diff)
doc: Clean up lists of file types.
Add missing entries, regularize the descriptions, etc.. Note that pcap and pcapng are the native formats. Fix various issues. Update the editcap -F output to match urrent reality. While we're at it, sort the libwiretap modules, putting observer.c in the right place.
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diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
index e2c31f8368..d097f4cf6d 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template
+++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
@@ -22,60 +22,57 @@ S<[ E<lt>infileE<gt> ]>
B<Wireshark> is a GUI network protocol analyzer. It lets you
interactively browse packet data from a live network or from a
-previously saved capture file. B<Wireshark>'s native capture file format
-is B<pcapng> format, or B<pcap> which is also the format used by B<tcpdump> and
-various other tools.
+previously saved capture file. B<Wireshark>'s native capture file
+formats are B<pcapng> format and B<pcap> format; it can read and write
+both formats.. B<pcap> format is also the format used by B<tcpdump> and
+various other tools; B<tcpdump>, when using newer verions of the
+B<libpcap> library, can also read some pcapng files, and, on newer
+versions of macOS, can read all pcapng files and can write them as well.
-B<Wireshark> can read / import the following file formats:
+B<Wireshark> can also read / import the following file formats:
=over 4
=item *
-pcap - captures from B<Wireshark>/B<TShark>/B<dumpcap>, B<tcpdump>,
-and various other tools using libpcap's/Npcap's/WinPcap's/tcpdump's/WinDump's
-capture format
+Oracle (previously Sun) B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop> captures
=item *
-pcapng - "next-generation" successor to pcap format
+Finisar (previously Shomiti) B<Surveyor> captures
=item *
-B<snoop> and B<atmsnoop> captures
-
-=item *
-Shomiti/Finisar B<Surveyor> captures
+Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures
=item *
Novell B<LANalyzer> captures
=item *
-Microsoft B<Network Monitor> captures
-
-=item *
AIX's B<iptrace> captures
=item *
Cinco Networks B<NetXRay> captures
=item *
-Network Associates Windows-based B<Sniffer> captures
+NETSCOUT (previously Network Associates/Network General) Windows-based
+B<Sniffer> captures
=item *
-Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> (compressed or uncompressed) captures
+Network General/Network Associates DOS-based B<Sniffer> captures
+(compressed or uncompressed)
=item *
-AG Group/WildPackets/Savvius B<EtherPeek>/B<TokenPeek>/B<AiroPeek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures
+LiveAction (previously WildPackets/Savvius) B<*Peek>/B<EtherHelp>/B<PacketGrabber> captures
=item *
B<RADCOM>'s WAN/LAN analyzer captures
=item *
-Network Instruments/JDSU/Viavi B<Observer> version 9 captures
+Viavi (previously Network Instruments) B<Observer> captures
=item *
B<Lucent/Ascend> router debug output
=item *
-files from HP-UX's B<nettl>
+captures from HP-UX B<nettl>
=item *
B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output
@@ -84,10 +81,10 @@ B<Toshiba's> ISDN routers dump output
the output from B<i4btrace> from the ISDN4BSD project
=item *
-traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0.
+traces from the B<EyeSDN> USB S0
=item *
-the output in B<IPLog> format from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System
+the B<IPLog> format output from the Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System
=item *
B<pppd logs> (pppdump format)
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ Visual Networks' B<Visual UpTime> traffic capture
the output from B<CoSine> L2 debug
=item *
-the output from InfoVista's B<5View> LAN agents
+the output from InfoVista (previously Accellent) B<5View> LAN agents
=item *
Endace Measurement Systems' ERF format captures
@@ -141,17 +138,47 @@ Textronix K12 text file format captures
Apple PacketLogger files
=item *
-Files from Aethra Telecommunications' PC108 software for their test
+Captures from Aethra Telecommunications' PC108 software for their test
instruments
=item *
+Citrix NetScaler Trace files
+
+=item *
+Android Logcat binary and text format logs
+
+=item *
+Colasoft Capsa and PacketBuilder captures
+
+=item *
+Micropross mplog files
+
+=item *
+Unigraf DPA-400 DisplayPort AUX channel monitor traces
+
+=item *
+802.15.4 traces from Daintree's Sensor Network Analyzer
+
+=item *
MPEG-2 Transport Streams as defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1
=item *
+Log files from the _candump_ utility
+
+=item *
+Logs from the BUSMASTER tool
+
+=item *
+Ixia IxVeriWave raw captures
+
+=item *
Rabbit Labs CAM Inspector files
=item *
-Colasoft Capsa files
+ _systemd_ journal files
+
+=item *
+3GPP TS 32.423 trace files
=back