Re: A description of Wireshark

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Jan 12, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl> 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.
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