Version History of Wireshark 1.5.0
New and Updated Features
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated) since version 1.4:
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Wireshark can import text dumps, similar to text2pcap.
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You can now view Wireshark's dissector tables (for example the TCP port to dissector mappings) from the main window.
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TShark can show a specific occurrence of a field when using '-T fields'.
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Custom columns can show a specific occurrence of a field.
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You can hide columns in the packet list.
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Wireshark can now export SMB objects.
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dftest and randpkt now have manual pages.
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TShark can now display iSCSI service response times.
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Dumpcap can now save files with a user-specified group id.
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Syntax checking is done for capture filters.
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You can display the compiled BPF code for capture filters in the Capture Options dialog.
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You can now navigate backwards and forwards through TCP and UDP sessions usingCtrl+,andCtrl+..
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Packet length is (finally) a default column.
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TCP window size is now avaiable both scaled and unscaled. A TCP window scaling graph is available in the GUI.
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802.1q VLAN tags are now shown by the Ethernet II dissector.
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Various dissectors now display some UTF-16 strings as proper Unicode including the DCE/RPC and SMB dissectors.
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The RTP player now has an option to show the time of day in the graph in addition to the seconds since beginning of capture.
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The RTP player now shows why media interruptions occur.
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Graphs now save as PNG images by default.
New Protocol Support
ADwin, ADwin-Config, Apache Etch, Aruba PAPI, Constrained Application Protocol (COAP), Digium TDMoE, Ether-S-I/O, FastCGI, Fibre Channel over InfiniBand (FCoIB), Gopher, Gigamon GMHDR, IDMP, Infiniband Socket Direct Protocol (SDP), JSON, LISP Data, MikroTik MAC-Telnet, Mongo Wire Protocol, Network Monitor 802.11 radio header, OPC UA ExtensionObjects, PPI-GEOLOCATION-GPS, ReLOAD, ReLOAD Framing, SAMETIME, SCoP, SGSAP, Tektronix Teklink, WAI authentication, Wi-Fi P2P (Wi-Fi Direct)
New and Updated Capture File Support
Apple PacketLogger, Catapult DCT2000, Daintree SNA, Endace ERF, HP OpenVMS TCPTrace, IPFIX (the file format, not the protocol), Lucent/Ascend debug, Microsoft Network Monitor, Network Instruments, TamoSoft CommView