Wireshark is a network packet analyzer. A network packet analyzer will try to capture network packets and tries to display that packet data as detailed as possible. You could think of a network packet analyzer as a measuring device used to examine what's going on inside a network cable, just like a voltmeter is used by an electrician to examine what's going on inside an electric cable (but at a higher level, of course). In the past, such tools were either very expensive, proprietary, or both. However, with the advent of Wireshark, all that has changed. Wireshark is perhaps one of the best open source packet analyzers available today.
- Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more being added all the time
- Live capture and offline analysis
- Standard three-pane packet browser
- Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others
- Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode TShark utility
- The most powerful display filters in the industry
- Rich VoIP analysis
- Read/write many different capture file formats
- Capture files compressed with gzip can be decompressed on the fly
- Live data can be read from Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, Token Ring, Frame Relay, FDDI, and others (depending on your platfrom)
- Decryption support for many protocols, including IPsec, ISAKMP, Kerberos, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS, WEP, and WPA/WPA2
- Coloring rules can be applied to the packet list for quick, intuitive analysis
- Output can be exported to XML, PostScript®, CSV, or plain text
Wireshark 3.6.3 fixes:
- Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2022-01-19-7399.pcap Issue 17894.
- TLS dissector incorrectly reports JA3 values Issue 17942.
- "Wiki Protocol page" in packet details menu is broken - wiki pages not migrated to GitLab? Issue 17944.
- Dissector bug, protocol PFCP display Flow Description IE value error in Additional Flow Description of PFD Management Request Message Issue 17951.
- Bluetooth: Fails to open Log file for SCO connection Issue 17964.
- Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2022-03-07-10896.pcap Issue 17984.
- libwiretap: Save as ERF causes segmentation fault Issue 17989.
- HTTP server returning multiple early hints shows too many responses in "Follow HTTP Stream" Issue 18006.
Updated Protocol Support
- CSN.1, HTTP, IEEE 802.11, NTLM SSP, PFCP, PKTLOG, SSDP, TLS, and USB HID
New and Updated Capture File Support
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pcap and pcapng
Download: Wireshark 3.6.3 | Wireshark 32-bit | ~50.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Portable Wireshark 3.6.3 | Portable Wireshark 32-bit | Wireshark for macOS
View: Wireshark Website | Wireshark 3.6.3 changelog
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