ethereal - Network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) HOWTO

ChangeLog


Jul 18, 2006	- Added note about Wireshark
Apr 26, 2006	- 0.10.14 -> 0.99.0
Jan 23, 2006	- 0.10.12 -> 0.10.14
Sep 8, 2005	- 0.10.11 -> 0.10.12
		- Changed download URL from www.ethereal.com/distribution/
		  (_very_ slow at the moment) to Sourceforge
Jun 9, 2005	- 0.10.10 -> 0.10.11
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils links
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- Only run chown -R root:root . on the source directory if
		  $UID = 0
		- Rearranged options to shut up the new version of find
Mar 16, 2005	- Changed md5sum and sha1sum verification to use "-c -" so
		  it actually outputs "OK" or an error
		- 0.10.9 -> 0.10.10 (includes security fix)
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00018.html</a>
Feb 8, 2005	- 0.10.8 -> 0.10.9
		  Includes security fixes:
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00017.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00017.html</a>
		- Added sha1sum verification
Dec 27, 2004	- 0.10.6 -> 0.10.8:
		  <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1139">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1139</a>
		  <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1140">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1140</a>
		  <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1142">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1142</a>
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00016.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00016.html</a>
		- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils prerequisite
		- Changed X prerequisite to XFree86 or X.org
Oct 14, 2004	- Added note about openssl not being installed under
		  /usr/local/ssl
Sep 3, 2004	- 0.10.4 -> 0.10.6
		- Replaced md5sum -> textutils link with a link to coreutils
		- Updated misc notes
Jul 8, 2004	- 0.10.4 -> 0.10.5:
		  Fixes potential security problem:
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00015.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00015.html</a>
Jun 3, 2004	- 0.10.3 -> 0.10.4 (security):
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00014.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00014.html</a>
Mar 27, 2004	- 0.10.2 -> 0.10.3 (security):
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html</a>
Mar 9, 2004	- 0.10.1 -> 0.10.2
		  Fixes an error in Windows and includes the files that
		  were missing from version 0.10.1
Feb 19, 2004	- 0.10.0a -> 0.10.1
		- Included download of files from their CVS respository
		  that they forgot to include in the tarball (I would
		  imagine that a version 0.10.1a will come out)
Jan 16, 2004	- Replaced using the patch with version 0.10.0a
Dec 13, 2003	- 0.9.16 -> 0.10.0
		  Lots of other changes, but fixes something that could make
		  ethereal and tethereal crash:
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00012.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00012.html</a>
		- Failed to build on one of mine, added a patch posted to the
		  ethereal-dev mailing list
Nov 3, 2003	- 0.9.15 -> 0.9.16
		  There are potential security issues:
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00011.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00011.html</a>
		- The ASN plugin now appears to require gtk+, so I guess
		  that's no longer optional, until it's fixed - there is a
		  note in the ChangeLog that I needs to be
Oct 8, 2003	- 0.9.14 -> 0.9.15
		- Added --enable-threads
		- Added note about --enable-setuid-install
		- Added more prerequisites
		- Instead of 'make install' then strip, run 'make
		  install-strip'
Sep 6, 2003	- Create ~/installed with mode 700
Sep 3, 2003	- Changed gtk+ link from home page to my howto
Aug 4, 2003	- 0.9.13 -> 0.9.14
Jul 1, 2003	- 0.9.12 -> 0.9.13
		  See this page for security advisory info:
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html</a>
May 7, 2003	- 0.9.11 -> 0.9.12
		  See this page for security advisory info:
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html</a>
		- A few modernizations
Mar 11, 2003	- 0.9.9 -> 0.9.11
		- 0.9.10 fixes this:
		  <a href="http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html">http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html</a>
		- Added md5sum verification of tarball
		- Added removal of previous version' plugin directories
		- Added strip of the (huge) binaries
Jan 29, 2003	- Ethereal 0.9.8 -> 0.9.9
Jan 10, 2003	- Updated configure line for only tethereal, updated notes
		  yet again
		- Changed GLib links to link to the new glib howto instead
		  of www.gtk.org
Jan 9, 2003	- Updated notes about building only tethereal
Dec 9, 2002	- 0.9.7 -> 0.9.8
		- Updated removal of previous versions
		- Added links to prerequisite howtos
		- Fixed the "to only build tethereal" note:
		  --enable-ethereal -> --disable-ethereal
		  oops
Sep, 29, 2002	- 0.9.6 -> 0.9.7
		- Added removal of previous ver
Aug 21, 2002	- First entry

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