What's New
Wireshark 1.10.0rc2 Released
May 22, 2013
Wireshark 1.10.0rc2 has been released. Installers for Windows, OS X, and source code are now available. This is the first release candidate for Wireshark 1.10.0.
New and Updated Features
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated) since version 1.8:
- Wireshark on 32- and 64-bit Windows supports automatic updates.
- The packet bytes view is faster.
- You can now display a list of resolved host names in "hosts" format within Wireshark.
- The wireless toolbar has been updated.
- Wireshark on Linux does a better job of detecting interface addition and removal.
- It is now possible to compare two fields in a display filter (for example: udp.srcport != udp.dstport). The two fields must be of the same type for this to work.
- The Windows installers ship with WinPcap 4.1.3, which supports Windows 8.
- USB type and product name support has been improved.
- All Bluetooth profiles and protocols are now supported.
- Wireshark now calculates HTTP response times and presents the result in a new field in the HTTP response. Links from the request’s frame to the response’s frame and vice-versa are also added.
- The main welcome screen and status bar now display file sizes using strict SI prefixes instead of old-style binary prefixes.
- Capinfos now prints human-readable statistics with SI suffixes by default.
- It is now possible to open a referenced packet (such as the matched request or response packet) in a new window.
- Tshark can now display only the hex/ascii packet data without requiring that the packet summary and/or packet details are also displayed. If you want the old behavior, use -Px instead of just -x.
- Wireshark can be compiled using GTK+ 3.
- The Wireshark application icon, capture toolbar icons, and other icons have been updated.
- Tshark’s filtering and multi-pass analysis have been reworked for consistency and in order to support dependent frame calculations during reassembly. See the man page descriptions for -2, -R, and -Y.
- Tshark’s -G fields2 and -G fields3 options have been eliminated. The -G fields option now includes the 2 extra fields that -G fields3 previously provided, and the blurb information has been relegated to the last column since in many cases it is blank anyway.
- Wireshark dropped the left-handed settings from the preferences. This is still configurable via the GTK settings (add "gtk-scrolled-window-placement = top-right" in the config file, which might be called /.gtkrc-2.0 or /.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini).
- Wireshark now ships with two global configuration files: Bluetooth, which contains coloring rules for Bluetooth and Classic, which contains the old-style coloring rules.
Official releases are available right now from the download page.
Wireshark 1.8.7 and 1.6.15 Released
May 17, 2013
Wireshark 1.8.7 and 1.6.15 have been released. Installers for Windows, Mac OS X 10.5.5 and above (Intel and PPC), and source code are now available.
In 1.8.7
Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the release notes for details.
Many other bugs have been fixed.
For a complete list of changes, please refer to the 1.8.7 release notes.
In 1.6.15
An ASN.1 BER vulnerability has been fixed. See the release notes for details.
Many other bugs have been fixed.
For a complete list of changes, please refer to the 1.6.15 release notes.
Official releases are available right now from the download page.What's Not As New
Wireshark 1.10.0rc1 Released
Apr 26, 2013
Wireshark 1.9.1 Development Release
Mar 28, 2013
Wireshark 1.9.1 Development Release
Mar 12, 2013
Wireshark 1.8.6 and 1.6.14 Released
Mar 6, 2013
Wireshark 1.9.0 Development Release
Feb 20, 2013
Wireshark 1.8.5 and 1.6.13 Released
Jan 29, 2013
Wireshark Wiki Security Incident
Jan 9, 2013
Wireshark 1.8.4 and 1.6.12 Released
Nov 28, 2012
Wireshark 1.8.3 and 1.6.11 Released
Oct 2, 2012
Wireshark 1.8.2 and 1.6.10 Released
Aug 15, 2012
Wireshark 1.4.14 Released
Jul 24, 2012
Wireshark 1.8.1 and 1.6.9 Released
Jul 23, 2012
Wireshark 1.8.0 Released
Jun 21, 2012
Wireshark 1.8.0rc2 Released
Jun 18, 2012
Wireshark 1.8.0rc1 Released
Jun 6, 2012
Wireshark 1.6.8 and 1.4.13 Released
May 22, 2012
Wireshark 1.7.1 Development Release
Apr 6, 2012
Wireshark 1.6.7 Released
Apr 6, 2012
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