Wireshark 2.2.8 Release Notes
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What is Wireshark?

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

  Bug Fixes

   The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
     * [1]wnpa-sec-2017-34
       A dissector went awry. (ws-buglink:XXXX[])

   The following bugs have been fixed:

  New and Updated Features

   There are no new features in this release.

  New File Format Decoding Support

   There are no new file formats in this release.

  New Protocol Support

   There are no new protocols in this release.

  Updated Protocol Support

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.

  New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

   There are no new or updated capture interfaces supported in this
   release.

  Major API Changes

   There are no major API changes in this release.
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Getting Wireshark

   Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
   [2]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 [3]download page on the Wireshark web site.
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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.
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Known Problems

   Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes. ([4]Bug 1419)

   The BER dissector might infinitely loop. ([5]Bug 1516)

   Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes. ([6]Bug
   1814)

   Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works.
   ([7]Bug 2234)

   Application crash when changing real-time option. ([8]Bug 4035)

   Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
   ([9]Bug 4985)

   Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. ([10]Bug
   10488)

   Dell Backup and Recovery (DBAR) makes many Windows applications crash,
   including Wireshark. ([11]Bug 12036)
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Getting Help

   Community support is available on [12]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 [13]the web site.

   Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
   [14]Wireshark University.
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Frequently Asked Questions

   A complete FAQ is available on the [15]Wireshark web site.
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   Last updated 2017-06-01 20:49:35 UTC

References

   1. https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-34.html
   2. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
   3. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty
   4. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419
   5. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
   6. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814
   7. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234
   8. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
   9. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4985
  10. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10488
  11. https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12036
  12. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  13. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  14. http://www.wiresharktraining.com/
  15. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html