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What's New

Wireshark 1.7.1 Development Release

Apr 6, 2012

Wireshark 1.7.1 has been released. Installers for Windows, OS X, and source code are now available. This is a development release intended to test new features and functionality for Wireshark 1.8.0.

New and Updated Features

The following features are new (or have been significantly updated) since version 1.6:

  • Wireshark supports capturing from multiple interfaces at once.

  • You can now add, edit, and save packet annotations.

  • Wireshark, TShark, and their associated utilities now save files using the pcap-ng file format by default. (Your copy of Wireshark might still use the pcap file format if pcap-ng is disabled in your preferences.)

  • Decryption key management for IEEE 802.11, IPsec, and ISAKMP is easier.

  • OID resolution is now supported on 64-bit Windows.

  • When saving packets, the default choice is now to save only the displayed packets rather than all packets.

  • TCP fast retransmissions are now indicated as an expert info note, rather than a warning, just as TCP retransmissions are.

  • TCP window updates are no longer colorized as "Bad TCP".

  • TShark's command-line options have changed. The previously undocumented -P option is now -2 option for performing a two-pass analysis; the former -S option is now the -P option for printing packets even if writing to a file, and the -S option is now used to specify a different line separator between packets.

  • GeoIP IPv6 databases are now supported.

Official releases are available right now from the download page.

Wireshark 1.6.7 Released

Apr 6, 2012

Wireshark 1.6.7 has been released. Installers for Windows, Mac OS X 10.5.5 and above (Intel and PPC), and source code are now available.

In 1.6.7

Bugs which could cause crashes on Windows while trying to load SSL key preferences or capture using rpcap have been fixed.

A bug in the H.263 dissector has been fixed.

For a complete list of changes, please refer to the 1.6.7 release notes.

What's Not As New

Wireshark 1.6.6 and 1.4.12 Released

Mar 27, 2012

Wireshark 1.6.5 and 1.4.11 Released

Jan 10, 2012

Wireshark 1.6.4 Released

Nov 18, 2011

Wireshark 1.7.0 Development Release

Nov 8, 2011

#1 on SecTools.Org

Nov 7, 2011

Wireshark 1.6.3 and 1.4.10 Released

Nov 1, 2011

We're Essential

Sep 19, 2011

Wireshark 1.6.2 and 1.4.9 Released

Sep 8, 2011

Wireshark 1.6.1 and 1.4.8 Released

Jul 18, 2011

Wireshark 1.6.0 Released

Jun 7, 2011

Wireshark 1.6.0rc2 Released

Jun 2, 2011

Wireshark 1.4.7 and 1.2.17 Released

May 31, 2011

Wireshark 1.6.0rc1 Released

May 16, 2011

Wireshark 1.4.6 Released

Apr 18, 2011

Wireshark 1.4.5 and 1.2.16 Released

Apr 15, 2011

Wireshark 1.5.1 Development Release

Apr 11, 2011

Wireshark 1.4.4 and 1.2.15 Released

Mar 1, 2011

Wireshark 1.5.0 Development Release

Jan 24, 2011

Wireshark 1.4.3 and 1.2.14 Released

Jan 11, 2011

Wireshark 1.4.2 and 1.2.13 Released

Nov 19, 2010

Riverbed Acquires CACE Technologies

Oct 21, 2010

CACE Pilot, WiFi Pilot, and Shark Appliance 2.4 Released

Oct 20, 2010

Wireshark 1.4.1 and 1.2.12 Released, 1.0.x EOL

Oct 11, 2010

Wireshark 1.4.0, 1.2.11, and 1.0.16 Released

Aug 30, 2010

"Wireshark Antivirus" Malware

Aug 4, 2010

We're SourceForge.net's Project of the Month!

Aug 1, 2010

End of Life Announcement for Wireshark 1.0

Jul 31, 2010

Wireshark 1.2.10, 1.0.15, and 1.4.0rc2 Released

Jul 29, 2010

Wireshark 1.2.9, 1.0.14, and 1.4.0rc1 Released

Jun 9, 2010

Wireshark 1.2.8, 1.0.13, and 1.3.5 Released

May 5, 2010

Wireshark 1.2.7, 1.0.12, and 1.3.4 Released

Mar 31, 2010

Wireshark Wins PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award

Feb 22, 2010

Wireshark 1.3.3 Development Release

Feb 11, 2010

Wireshark 1.2.6 and 1.0.11 Released

Jan 27, 2010

CACE Pilot and WiFi Pilot 2.2 Released

Jan 18, 2010

Wireshark 1.2.5 Released

Dec 17, 2009

Wireshark 1.3.2 Development Release

Nov 24, 2009

Wireshark 1.2.4 Released

Nov 16, 2009

Wireshark 1.2.3, 1.0.10, and 1.3.1 Released

Oct 27, 2009

Wireshark 1.2.2, 1.0.9, and 1.3.0 Released

Sep 15, 2009

CACE Pilot and WiFi Pilot 2.1 Released

Sep 1, 2009

CACE Pilot 2.0 Released

Jul 28, 2009

Wireshark 1.2.1 Released

Jul 20, 2009

Nmap 5 Released

Jul 16, 2009

Wireshark 1.2 Released

Jun 15, 2009

Wireshark 1.2.0pre2 Released

Jun 9, 2009

Wireshark 1.2.0pre1 Released

May 27, 2009

Free Wireshark Jumpstart Seminars From Laura Chappell

May 22, 2009

Wireshark 1.0.8 Released

May 21, 2009

Another Day, Another New York Times Article

May 14, 2009

Wireshark Helps Expose Spy Ring

May 12, 2009

Announcing WiFi Pilot

May 7, 2009

Wireshark 1.0.7 Released

Apr 8, 2009

A Pile Of Great Keynotes At Sharkfest '09

Mar 24, 2009

Wireshark 1.1.3 Development Release

Mar 23, 2009

Conficker Loves Us!

Mar 12, 2009

Wireshark 1.0.6 Released

Feb 6, 2009

CACE Pilot 1.2 released

Jan 23, 2009

Wireshark 1.1.2 Development Release

Jan 15, 2009

Wireshark 1.0.5 Released

Dec 10, 2008

New Video: Custom Columns (Plus Bonus Wireshark University Updates)

Dec 9, 2008

New Book: Nmap Network Scanning

Dec 3, 2008

Wireshark classes from Mike Pennacchi and Chris Sanders

Nov 7, 2008

tcpdump 4.0.0 / libpcap 1.0.0 released

Oct 28, 2008

New Article: Using Wireshark and TShark display filters for troubleshooting

Oct 22, 2008

Wireshark 1.0.4 Released

Oct 20, 2008

Meet Gerald At Laura Chappell's Troubleshooting and Security Summit

Oct 10, 2008

Wireshark 1.1.1 Development Release

Oct 9, 2008

Wireshark 1.1.0 Development Release

Sep 14, 2008

Sign Up Now for Laura Chappell's Troubleshooting and Security Summit

Sep 3, 2008

Wireshark 1.0.3 Released

Sep 3, 2008

Wireshark Wins 2008 InfoWorld BOSSIE Award

Aug 4, 2008

Wireshark is 10! (Plus two bonus announcements)

Jul 14, 2008

Wireshark 1.0.2 Released

Jul 10, 2008

Wireshark 1.0.1 Released

Jun 30, 2008

Announcing TurboCap

Jun 26, 2008

New Article: Open Source Founders Reflect On Project Milestones

Apr 22, 2008

Announcing Pilot

Apr 16, 2008

New Video: TCP Connection Loss

Apr 7, 2008

Sharkfest Was Great!

Apr 3, 2008

Wireshark 1.0 Released

Mar 31, 2008

Server Outage

Mar 20, 2008

Wireshark 0.99.8 Released

Feb 27, 2008

Vint Cerf at Sharkfest!

Feb 19, 2008

New Video: Analyzing DNS Queries

Feb 4, 2008

New Video: ICMP Redirection (plus a Tech Talk)

Jan 7, 2008

Wireshark 0.99.7 Released

Dec 18, 2007

New Mirror in Indonesia

Dec 16, 2007

Nmap is 10

Dec 14, 2007

New Video: Advanced IO Graphing

Nov 5, 2007

German Tutorial from Mirko Kulpa

Nov 1, 2007

In Memoriam: Jun-ichiro Hagino

Oct 30, 2007

New Article: Time to Roll Your Own 802.11n Standard

Oct 5, 2007

New Video: Faulty Padding

Sep 24, 2007

First Annual SHARKFEST Announced

Sep 12, 2007

Wireshark Wins 2007 InfoWorld BOSSIE Award

Sep 10, 2007

New Article: SPAN Port or TAP? CSO Beware

Sep 9, 2007

New Article: Analyzing TCP Performance with Wireshark

Aug 17, 2007

Wireshark 0.99.6a Windows Installer Released

Jul 9, 2007

Wireshark 0.99.6 Released

Jul 5, 2007

New Article: Creating Your Own Custom Wireshark Dissector

Jul 2, 2007

New Video: Building ACL Rules

Jul 2, 2007

Wireshark at LinuxWorld 2007

Jun 27, 2007

New tool: WPA PSK Generator

Jun 22, 2007

New Book: Practical Packet Analysis

May 23, 2007

eWEEK Says We're Important

May 2, 2007

Wireshark! Live! Helpdesk

Apr 1, 2007

Wireshark University Announced

Mar 19, 2007

New Mirror in Hungary

Mar 2, 2007

New Mirror in Germany

Feb 21, 2007

McAfee VirusScan False Positive

Feb 13, 2007

Wireshark 0.99.5 Released

Feb 1, 2007

WinPcap 4.0 Released

Jan 29, 2007

3Com Says We're "Best-Of-Breed"

Jan 29, 2007

New Mirror in the U.S.

Jan 22, 2007

New Mirror in the Netherlands

Jan 5, 2007

MacOS X Package Available

Jan 4, 2007

Article in COMPUTERWOCHE.de

Nov 14, 2006

Wireshark 0.99.4 Released

Oct 31, 2006

Wireshark Training Available for Q1 2007

Oct 23, 2006

Site Outage

Sep 18, 2006

Wireshark 0.99.3 Released

Aug 23, 2006

Wireshark 0.99.2 Released

Jul 17, 2006

Tutorial and Podcast from Chris Sanders

Jul 14, 2006

Symantec Antivirus False Positive

Jul 4, 2006

We're (still) #2!

Jun 21, 2006

Ethereal® is now Wireshark™

Jun 7, 2006

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