Wireshark mailing list archives
A description of Wireshark
From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:22:11 -0500
Hi folks,Michal pointed out[1] that some aspects of the RPM info's description of Wireshark were, well, dated. So I made a stab at modernizing it[2]. I thought, though, that I should post it here as well in order to get a wider review audience. Here's the current version of the changes:
%description -Wireshark is a free network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. It -allows you to examine data from a live network or from a capture file -on disk. You can interactively browse the capture data, viewing summary -and detail information for each packet. Wireshark has several powerful -features, including a rich display filter language and the ability to -view the reconstructed stream of a TCP session. +Wireshark is a free and open source protocol and file analyzer for UNIX-like +systems and Windows. It allows you to examine data from a protocol capture +file on disk or as it is captured from a live network (e.g., wired or wireless +LANs or Bluetooth) or from USB devices. It can also examine the structure of +some (non-protocol capture) files (such as PNGs). You can interactively +browse the protocol or file data, viewing summary and detailed (down to the bit +level) information for each packet or section of file. Wireshark has many +powerful features including a rich display filter language and the ability to +reassemble multiple protocol packets in order to, for example, view a complete +TCP stream, save the contents of a file which was transferred over HTTP or +CIFS, or play back an RTP audio stream.
Feel free to comment here or on [2]. Regards, -Jeff [1] https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/4178/2 [2] https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/6511/ ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
Current thread:
- A description of Wireshark Jeff Morriss (Jan 12)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Jaap Keuter (Jan 12)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Guy Harris (Jan 12)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Jeff Morriss (Jan 12)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Jaap Keuter (Jan 12)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Guy Harris (Jan 12)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Jeff Morriss (Jan 14)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Fulko Hew (Jan 14)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Jeff Morriss (Jan 15)
- Re: A description of Wireshark Jaap Keuter (Jan 12)