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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2019-01-27 08:30:28 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2019-01-27 08:30:32 +0000
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treeaf2d7074f9d564bdaea6c16996cd1034340765f4 /NEWS
parent141f6d8df954c990be98d70d8074498688f4a2d3 (diff)
[Automatic update for 2019-01-27]
Update manuf, services enterprise numbers, translations, and other items. Change-Id: I2a887e9f0d6aa73fee4046a77271a55be48b1864 Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/31759 Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
• Initial support for using PKCS #11 tokens for RSA decryption in
TLS. A configuration user interface is still in development.
+ • The build system now produces reproducible builds (Bug 15163[2]).
+
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
since version 2.6.0:
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
an ElasticSearch mapping file.
• The “Capture Information” dialog has been added back (Bug
- 12004[2]).
+ 12004[3]).
• The Ethernet and IEEE 802.11 dissectors no longer validate the
frame check sequence (checksum) by default.
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
segments are received out-of-order. See the User’s Guide, chapter
TCP Reassembly for details.
- • Decryption support for the new WireGuard dissector (Bug 15011[3],
+ • Decryption support for the new WireGuard dissector (Bug 15011[4],
requires Libgcrypt 1.8).
• The BOOTP dissector has been renamed to DHCP. With the exception
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
• Support for DTLS and TLS decryption using pcapng files that embed
a Decryption Secrets Block (DSB) containing a TLS Key Log (Bug
- 15252[4]).
+ 15252[5]).
• The editcap utility gained a new --inject-secrets option to
inject an existing TLS Key Log file into a pcapng file.
@@ -98,11 +100,17 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
conversion of non-string fields to strings so string functions
(as contains and matches) can be used on them.
+ • The Bash test suite has been replaced by one based on Python
+ unittest/pytest.
+
Removed Features and Support
• The legacy (GTK+) user interface has been removed and is no
longer supported.
+ • The portaudio library is no longer needed due to the removal of
+ GTK+.
+
• Wireshark requires Qt 5.2 or later. Qt 4 is no longer supported.
• Wireshark requires GLib 2.32 or later.
@@ -117,6 +125,8 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
• TShark’s -z compare option was removed.
+ • Building with Cygwin is no longer supported on Windows.
+
New File Format Decoding Support
Ruby Marshal format
@@ -170,19 +180,19 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
• Lua: on Windows, file-related functions such as dofile now assume
UTF-8 paths instead of the local code page. This is consistent
with Linux and macOS and improves compatibility on non-English
- systems. (Bug 15118[5])
+ systems. (Bug 15118[6])
Getting Wireshark
Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
- https://www.wireshark.org/download.html[6].
+ https://www.wireshark.org/download.html[7].
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 download page[7] on the Wireshark web site.
+ be found on the download page[8] on the Wireshark web site.
File Locations
@@ -194,22 +204,22 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
Getting Help
The User’s Guide, manual pages and various other documentation can be
- found at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/[8]
+ found at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/[9]
- Community support is available on Wireshark’s Q&A site[9] and on the
+ Community support is available on Wireshark’s Q&A site[10] and on the
wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription information and archives
- for all of Wireshark’s mailing lists can be found on the web site[10].
+ for all of Wireshark’s mailing lists can be found on the web site[11].
- Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the bug tracker[11].
+ Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the bug tracker[12].
Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
- Wireshark University[12].
+ Wireshark University[13].
Frequently Asked Questions
- A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[13].
+ A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[14].
- Last updated 2019-01-20 08:14:50 UTC
+ Last updated 2019-01-27 08:17:42 UTC
References
@@ -226,3 +236,4 @@ Wireshark 2.9.1 Release Notes
11. 11
12. 12
13. 13
+ 14. 14