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= Wireshark {wireshark-version} Release Notes
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This is an experimental release intended to test new features for Wireshark 3.4.

== What is Wireshark?

Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer.
It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.

== What’s New

Many improvements have been made.
See the “New and Updated Features” section below for more details.

// === Bug Fixes

// The following bugs have been fixed:

//* wsbuglink:5000[]
//* wsbuglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cveidlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark exposed details your sordid redneck past, which were subsequently widely dissemenated on social media.

=== New and Updated Features

The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
since version 3.2.0:

* Windows executables and installers are now https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4472027/2019-sha-2-code-signing-support-requirement-for-windows-and-wsus[signed using SHA-2 only].
* Save RTP stream to .au supports any codec with 8000 Hz rate supported by Wireshark (shown in RTP player). If save of audio is not possible (unsupported codec or rate), silence of same length is saved and warning is shown.
* C-ares is now a required dependency.
* Protobuf fields can be dissected as wireshark (header) fields that allows user input
  the full names of Protobuf fields or messages in Filter toolbar for searching.
* Dissector based on Protobuf can register itself to a new 'protobuf_field' dissector table,
  which is keyed with the full names of fields, for further parsing fields of BYETS or STRING type.
* Wireshark is able to decode, play and save iLBC payload on platforms where iLBC library (https://github.com/TimothyGu/libilbc) is available.

// === Removed Features and Support

//=== Removed Dissectors

// === New File Format Decoding Support

// [commaize]
// --
// --

=== New Protocol Support

// Add one protocol per line between the -- delimiters.
[commaize]
--
Cisco MisCabling Protocol (MCP)
OBSAI UDP-based Communication Protocol (UDPCP)
AudioCodes Debug Recording (ACDR)
Tunnel Extensible Authentication Protocol (TEAP)
USB Printer (USBPRINTER)
--

=== Updated Protocol Support

Too many protocols have been updated to list here.

=== New and Updated Capture File Support

// There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.
// Add one file type per line between the -- delimiters.
[commaize]
--
--

// === New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

//_Non-empty section placeholder._

// === Major API Changes

== Getting Wireshark

Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.

=== 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 https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty[download page]
on the Wireshark web site.

== File Locations

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.

== Getting Help

The User’s Guide, manual pages and various other documentation can be
found at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/

Community support is available on https://ask.wireshark.org/[Wireshark’s
Q&A site] and on the wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription
information and archives for all of Wireshark’s mailing lists can be
found on https://www.wireshark.org/lists/[the web site].

Bugs and feature requests can be reported on
https://bugs.wireshark.org/[the bug tracker].

// Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
// https://www.wiresharktraining.com/[Wireshark University].

== Frequently Asked Questions

A complete FAQ is available on the
https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html[Wireshark web site].
