Re: regarding ethereal among wireshark info pages

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>]

Hi,

Without control over the contents of the ethereal domain it seems better to drop 
the references to it from the documentation.

Thanx,
Jaap

Bryant Eadon wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm not sure where to send this query, it's webmaster related.
>
> at this link : http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChIntroPlatforms.html
>
> this link is broken:
> http://bugs.ethereal.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1130
>
>
> I'm hoping a Wireshark Dev has access to the Ethereal domain still....
>
> At this link :
> http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/ethereal-setup-0.99.0.exe
> (and mirrors)
>
> upon execution the binary reports :
> "The Installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete.  This could be 
> the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a virus.  You may want to 
> contact the author of this installer to obtain a new copy.  It may be possible 
> to skip this check using the /NCRC command line switch (NOT RECOMMENDED)."
>
> While this is all fine and good to get people to search harder I legitimately 
> thought traffic was getting mangled at endpoints.  With significant trouble, 
> I've confirmed with 2 different ISPs that it must be the source and mirrors 
> which are a problem.
>
> Can someone update the ethereal domain indicating the project's demise and 
> remove this download link if no further work is to be done, especially if it's 
> broken on purpose ?
>
> I don't know the trademark problems behind this or why it may not have been done 
> sooner, I'm simply mailing everyone for the benefit of other users running into 
> similar issues.
>
>
> thanks,
> Bryant

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