On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Erickson, Bruce [C] wrote:
I have been tasked to find out information regarding the use of
wireshark within our origination. I have been looking thought your
information and I have some questions which I don't see answers in
your
FAQ area.
1.) Does wireshark include source code?
Yes:
http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html#q1.1
"Q 1.1: What is Wireshark?
A: Wireshark® is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer.
It has a rich and powerful feature set and runs on most computing
platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, and UNIX. Network
professionals, security experts, developers, and educators around the
world use it regularly. It is freely available as open source, and is
released under the GNU General Public License."
2.) Is wireshark bundled with another application?
Wireshark includes TShark (a command-line application using the same
dissectors; it's similar to tcpdump and snoop in its function), and
some other tools.
3.) Is there any type of tech support? If so is there a phone number
for
tech support?
The only tech support the Wireshark development group offer is "you
can ask questions on the wireshark-users or wireshark-dev mailing
lists, and they might get answered". :-)
If you want commercial-style support, CACE Technologies (the company
that employs the person who created the Wireshark project, back when
it was called Ethereal) offers support:
http://www.cacetech.com/support/sharknet-support.htm
(there might be other companies offering it as well; I don't know).
