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+<!-- $Id$ -->
+
+<preface id="Preface">
+ <title>Preface</title>
+ <section id="PreForeword">
+ <title>Foreword</title>
+ <para>
+ Ethereal is one of those programs that many network managers would love
+ to be able to use, but they are often prevented from getting what they
+ would like from Ethereal because of the lack of documentation.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This document is part of an effort by the Ethereal team to improve the
+ usability of Ethereal.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ We hope that you find it useful, and look forward to your comments.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="PreAudience">
+ <title>Who should read this document?</title>
+ <para>
+ The intended audience of this book is anyone using Ethereal.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This book will explain all the basics and also some of the advanced features
+ that Ethereal provides. As Ethereal has become a very complex program since
+ the early days, not every feature of Ethereal might be explained in this
+ book.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This book is not intended to explain network sniffing in general and it will
+ not provide details about specific network protocols. However, as this book
+ evolves in time (like Ethereal itself), this might change in the future.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ By reading this book, you will learn how to install Ethereal, how to use the
+ basic elements of the graphical user interface (like the menu) and what's
+ behind some of the advanced features that are maybe not that obvious at first
+ sight. It will
+ hopefully guide you around some common problems that frequently appears for
+ new (and sometimes even advanced) users of Ethereal.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="PreAck">
+ <title>Acknowledgements</title>
+ <para>
+ The authors would like to thank the whole Ethereal team for their
+ assistance. In particular, the authors would like to thank:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Gerald Combs, for initiating the Ethereal project and funding to
+ do this documentation.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Guy Harris, for many helpful hints and a great deal of patience
+ in reviewing this document.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Gilbert Ramirez, for general encouragement and helpful hints along
+ the way.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The authors would also like to thank the following people for their
+ helpful feedback on this document:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Pat Eyler, for his suggestions on improving the example on
+ generating a backtrace.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Martin Regner, for his various suggestions and corrections.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Graeme Hewson, for a lot of grammatical corrections.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The authors would like to acknowledge those man page and README authors
+ for the ethereal project from who sections of this document borrow heavily:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Scott Renfro from whose <command>mergecap</command> man page
+ <xref linkend="AppToolsmergecap"/> is derived.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Ashok Narayanan from whose <command>text2pcap</command> man page
+ <xref linkend="AppToolstext2pcap"/> is derived.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Frank Singleton from whose <filename>README.idl2eth</filename>
+ <xref linkend="AppToolsidl2eth"/> is derived.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="PreAbout">
+ <title>About this document</title>
+ <para>
+ This book was originally developed by
+ <ulink url="mailto:&AuthorEmail;">Richard Sharpe</ulink> with
+ funds provided from the Ethereal Fund. It was updated by
+ <ulink url="mailto:&AuthorEmail2;">Ed Warnicke</ulink> and more recently
+ redesigned and updated by <ulink url="mailto:&AuthorEmail3;">Ulf
+ Lamping</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ It is written in DocBook/XML.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You will find some specially marked parts in this book:
+ </para>
+ <warning><title>This is a warning!</title>
+ <para>
+ You should pay attention to a warning, as otherwise data loss might occur.
+ </para>
+ </warning>
+ <note><title>This is a note!</title>
+ <para>
+ A note will point you to common mistakes and things that might not be
+ obvious.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ <tip><title>This is a tip!</title>
+ <para>
+ Tips will be helpful for your everyday work using Ethereal.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="PreDownload">
+ <title>Where to get the latest copy of this document?</title>
+ <para>
+ The latest copy of this documentation can always be found at:
+ <ulink url="&EtherealUsersGuidePage;"/>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="PreFeedback">
+ <title>Providing feedback about this document</title>
+ <para>
+ Should you have any feedback about this document, please send them
+ to the authors through <ulink url="mailto:&EtherealDevMailList;">&EtherealDevMailList;</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+</preface>