Wireshark 4.2.5 Release Notes

 What is Wireshark?

  Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
  used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.

  Wireshark is hosted by the Wireshark Foundation, a nonprofit which
  promotes protocol analysis education. Wireshark and the foundation
  depend on your contributions in order to do their work. If you or your
  organization would like to contribute or become a sponsor, please
  visit wiresharkfoundation.org[1].

 What’s New

  Bug Fixes

   If you are upgrading Wireshark 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 on Windows you will
   need to download and install[2] Wireshark 4.2.5 or later by hand.

   The following bugs have been fixed:

  New and Updated Features

   There are no new or updated features in this release.

  New Protocol Support

   There are no new protocols in this release.

  Updated Protocol Support

  New and Updated Capture File Support

   There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.

  Updated File Format Decoding Support

   There is no updated file format support in this release.

 Prior Versions

  This document only describes the changes introduced in Wireshark
  4.2.5. You can find release notes for prior versions at the following
  locations:

    • Wireshark 4.2.4[3]

    • Wireshark 4.2.3[4]

    • Wireshark 4.2.2[5]

    • Wireshark 4.2.1[6]

    • Wireshark 4.2.0[7]

 Getting Wireshark

  Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
  https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.

  Vendor-supplied Packages

   Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You
   can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
   system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can
   be found on the download page[8] on the Wireshark web site.

 File Locations

  Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
  preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These
  locations vary from platform to platform. You can use "Help › About
  Wireshark › Folders" or `tshark -G folders` to find the default
  locations on your system.

 Getting Help

  The User’s Guide, manual pages and various other documentation can be
  found at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/

  Community support is available on Wireshark’s Q&A site[9] and on the
  wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription information and archives
  for all of Wireshark’s mailing lists can be found on the web site[10].

  Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the issue tracker[11].

  You can learn protocol analysis and meet Wireshark’s developers at
  SharkFest[12].

 How You Can Help

  The Wireshark Foundation helps as many people as possible understand
  their networks as much as possible. You can find out more and donate
  at wiresharkfoundation.org[13].

 Frequently Asked Questions

  A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site[14].

 References

   1. https://wiresharkfoundation.org
   2. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
   3. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.4.html
   4. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.3.html
   5. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.2.html
   6. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.1.html
   7. https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.0.html
   8. https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
   9. https://ask.wireshark.org/
  10. https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  11. https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues
  12. https://sharkfest.wireshark.org
  13. https://wiresharkfoundation.org
  14. https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html
