Wireshark 1.0
May 14th, 2008 by Mitch Frazier in
Its not breaking news, since it happened in March, but Wireshark 1.0 has been released. The news, for me at least, was that Wireshark even existed, never heard of it before. Somebody mentioned it recently when we were trying to diagnose a networking problem.
Rushing to the Wireshark site and downloading it, I ran it and said "this is great but it sure looks an awful lot like Ethereal." Ahhh, yeah! From the web site:
I was also pleased to see that the interface had been upgraded to GTK2 since I last used Ethereal.In May of 2006, Gerald Combs (the original author of Ethereal) went to work for CACE Technologies (best known for WinPcap). Unfortunately, he had to leave the Ethereal trademarks behind.
This left the project in an awkward position. The only reasonable way to ensure the continued success of the project was to change the name. This is how Wireshark was born.
If you ever deal with networking problems and you're not familiar with Wireshark/Ethereal, make a mental note, it'll save your bacon one day.
__________________________Mitch Frazier is the System Administrator at Linux Journal.
Delicious
Digg
Reddit
Newsvine
TechnoratiSubscribe now!
Recently Popular
| How Should Mozilla Execute Its Vision? | Jul-08-08 |
| Why Python? | May-01-00 |
| Building a Call Center with LTSP and Soft Phones | Aug-25-05 |
| An Open Video to HP | Jul-02-08 |
| Add an Auto-Incrementing Build-Number to Your Build Process | Jul-08-08 |
| Automating the creation of slide shows in OpenOffice.org | Jul-07-08 |
Featured Video
Shawn Powers has a message for hardware vendors. Listen up!
From the Magazine
August 2008, #172
There's nuttin like a Cool Project to give you some relief from the summer heat, so get out your parka cuz we got a bunch of em. First up is the BUG, not a bug, The BUG. It's got a GPS, camera and more, in a hand-sized package that's user programmable. The BUG does everything. It's both a floor wax and a dessert topping. Get one now. Need a software version of a Swiss Army knife? Take a look at Billix, and don't leave home without it. Then, chew on this one, an X server on a Gumstix device driving an E-Ink display. Need more storage? How about 16 Terabytes? Can do.
And, of course, we have the usual cast of characters: Marcel, Reuven, Dave, Kyle, Doc, plus the new kid on the block Shawn Powers. But it doesn't stop there: build a MythTV box on a budget, build your own GIS system, set up the tools to monitor your enterprise and more. Finally, remember The War of the Worlds? Now you can play too.
Let me get this right...
On May 14th, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) says:
You're the Sys Admin for Linux Journal and you've never heard of wireshark. And didn't know that ethereal changed it's name back in 2006? Really!
Yep Really
On May 14th, 2008 Mitch Frazier says:
Once in a while I do real work and name changes in things I only use once every few years slip by me.
__________________________Mitch Frazier is the System Administrator at Linux Journal.
Lynux?
On May 14th, 2008 ryanknapper (not verified) says:
What is this "Ubuntu" the kids keep typing about?
Oh geez
On May 14th, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Relax... any info re name changes and code forks only helps the community.