Wireshark User Guide

Wireshark User's Guide
23178 for Wireshark 0.99.6

Ulf Lamping, Richard Sharpe, NS Computer Software and Services P/L Ed Warnicke,

Wireshark User's Guide: 23178

for Wireshark 0.99.6
by Ulf Lamping, Richard Sharpe, and Ed Warnicke Copyright © 2004-2007 Ulf Lamping Richard Sharpe Ed Warnicke
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Table of Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................................... ix 1. Foreword...................................................................................................... ix 2. Who should read this document? ........................................................................ x 3. Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... xi 4. About this document ...................................................................................... xii 5. Where toget the latest copy of this document? ................................................... xiii 6. Providing feedback about this document ........................................................... xiv 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1. What is Wireshark?....................................................................................... 1 1.1.1. Some intended purposes ....................................................................... 1 1.1.2. Features ............................................................................................ 1 1.1.3. Live capture from many different network media ...................................... 2 1.1.4. Import files from many other captureprograms ........................................ 2 1.1.5. Export files for many other capture programs ........................................... 2 1.1.6. Many protocol decoders ....................................................................... 3 1.1.7. Open Source Software ......................................................................... 3 1.1.8. What Wireshark is not......................................................................... 3 1.2. System Requirements ..................................................................................... 4 1.2.1. General Remarks ................................................................................ 4 1.2.2. Microsoft Windows ............................................................................. 4 1.2.3. Unix /Linux ...................................................................................... 5 1.3. Where to get Wireshark? ................................................................................ 6 1.4. A brief history of Wireshark ............................................................................ 7 1.5. Development and maintenance of Wireshark...................................................... 8 1.6. Reporting problems and getting help ................................................................. 9 1.6.1. Website ............................................................................................ 9 1.6.2. Wiki ................................................................................................. 9 1.6.3. FAQ................................................................................................. 9 1.6.4. Mailing Lists ..................................................................................... 9 1.6.5. Reporting Problems ........................................................................... 10 1.6.6. Reporting Crashes on UNIX/Linux platforms ......................................... 10 1.6.7. Reporting Crashes on...