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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] A description of Wireshark

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:45:47 -0800
On Jan 12, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Also dopping the 'network' from 'network protocol analyzer' doesn't feel right
> either. They main focus is still, and will certainly be, network packet
> analysis. The fact that record based file formats can be read as well, is just a
> nice abstraction, not it's strength.

Perhaps one reason Jeff decided to drop "network" was that Wireshark also handles protocols for buses not always thought of as "networks", e.g. USB and Infiniband.