News
New Video: Faulty Padding
Is your operating system leaking confidential information? The
September 2007 issue of Novell Connection Magazine features a video by
Wireshark University's Laura
Chappell that shows you how to detect data
leakage in padding bytes using Wireshark. It and several past
videos are listed in our bibliography.
First Annual SHARKFEST Announced
Wireshark developers and users are cordially invited to 3 days of
communing, training, and sharing Wireshark experiences at the first
annual SHARKFEST, the Wireshark User's and Developer's conference hosted
by CACE Technologies. SHARKFEST
Wireshark Wins 2007 InfoWorld BOSSIE Award
InfoWorld recently announced their 2007 BOSSIE (Best of Open Source Software)
awards, and Wireshark won in the Network Protocol Analyzer category. Many thanks to all of the developers and users that made this possible.
New Article: SPAN Port or TAP? CSO Beware
Tim O'Neill at LoveMyTool
recently posted an article about SPAN ports vs TAPs vs Hubs. If you've ever wondered about the performance impact of different capture methods, this is a good read.
New Article: Analyzing TCP Performance with Wireshark
The
Q3 2007 issue of Novell Connection Magazine features an article by
Wireshark University's Laura
Chappell showing
how to track down TCP performance issues
using Wireshark.
It and many other books, articles, and videos are listed in
our bibliography.
Wireshark 0.99.6a Windows Installer Released
A new Windows installer (wireshark-setup-0.99.6a.exe) has been released
in order to fix a problem with updating from WinPcap 4.0 to 4.0.1.
There are no other changes in this release. The source code and U3
packages have not
Wireshark 0.99.6 Released
Wireshark 0.99.6 has been released. Security-related vulnerabilities in
the HTTP, DCP ETSI, SSL, DHCP, and MMS dissectors have been fixed along
with the iSeries file reader. See the
advisory for details.
This release adds the ability
New Video: Building ACL Rules
The
Q3 2007 issue of Novell Connection Magazine features a video by
Wireshark University's Laura
Chappell showing
how to build firewall ACL rules
using Wireshark. It and several past videos are listed in
our bibliography.
New Article: Creating Your Own Custom Wireshark Dissector
Ken Thompson (no, not that one) has written an
article at
The Code Project that shows how to write a protocol dissector for Wireshark.
Wireshark at LinuxWorld 2007
The upcoming LinuxWorld Expo will
feature two Wireshark sessions:
Hands-On: Advanced Network Forensics Using Wireshark
and
Introduction to Network Forensics Using Wireshark.
Both sessions will be taught by Laura Chappell and Gerald Combs. See you there!