Npcap 2020

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Hello, friends!

2019 has been a banner year for Npcap. With the release of Wireshark 3.0 in
February 2019 including Npcap in its installer, Npcap has reached
unprecedented numbers of users. We have also had lots of interest from
companies looking to distribute Npcap OEM as a solid, modern upgrade to
WinPcap within their products. The increased attention has brought many
improvements and ironed out lots of rough spots. It has been exciting to
see how much progress has been made and what exciting prospects remain in
store for the premier packet capture library for Windows. Here's a quick
breakdown of some of the exciting things that have happened with Npcap this
year:

14 new releases, from Npcap 0.99-r9 to Npcap 0.9986. The installer has
shrunk by 24KB, and the space and time required for installation have
dropped as well.

10 crash fixes, but no crashes reported in the last 3 releases.

Upgraded to libpcap 1.9.1, with all the latest performance and security
improvements.

32 signed files bundled in the installer. Npcap is completely code-signed
with the Insecure.org, LLC EV code signing certificate, making it safe to
use in application whitelisting environments.

We also said goodbye to a few odd quirks that we're happy to be rid of:
* No more npf.sys! Whether you install in WinPcap API-compatible mode or
not, only one filter driver is required.
* No more Npcap Loopback Adapter! Loopback capture is now done without the
need to install a virtual loopback adapter, which solves a lot of routing
and connectivity problems. Nmap 7.80 and older still need it to figure out
routing, but the next Nmap release won't.
* No more restarting the driver! When you add or remove a plug-and-play
adapter, Npcap will automatically detect it. This was a much-requested
feature.

We are very excited for what the future holds for Npcap. Our focus is
primarily increased stability and performance, not adding new features, but
we're particularly excited about a few changes we have planned:
* Replacing the current Admin-only mode with a new fully-configurable
access control scheme that will allow granting read (capture) and write
(injection) capabilities to individual users, groups, and domain groups.
* Upgrading to NDIS 6.20, dropping support for Windows Vista and Server
2008. Updating NDIS version improves performance and minimizes Npcap's
impact on high-performance systems that ordinarily take advantage of new
NDIS features.

Thanks for all your support and interest in Npcap and Nmap. We're looking
forward to a great year!

Dan

Npcap: https://npcap.org/
Npcap OEM: https://npcap.org/oem/

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello, friends!</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>2019 has been a banner year for Npcap. With the rele=
ase of Wireshark 3.0 in February 2019 including Npcap in its installer, Npc=
ap has reached unprecedented numbers of users. We have also had lots of int=
erest from companies looking to distribute Npcap OEM as a solid, modern upg=
rade to WinPcap within their products. The increased attention has brought =
many improvements and ironed out lots of rough spots. It has been exciting =
to see how much progress has been made and what exciting prospects remain i=
n store for the premier packet capture library for Windows. Here&#39;s a qu=
ick breakdown of some of the exciting things that have happened with Npcap =
this year:<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">14 new re=
leases, from Npcap 0.99-r9 to Npcap 0.9986. The installer has shrunk by 24K=
B, and the space and time required for installation have dropped as well.</=
div></div><div><br></div><div>10 crash fixes, but no crashes reported in th=
e last 3 releases.</div><div><br></div><div>Upgraded to libpcap 1.9.1, with=
 all the latest performance and security improvements.<br></div></div><div =
dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div>32 signed files bundled in the installer. Npcap=
 is completely code-signed with the Insecure.org, LLC EV code signing certi=
ficate, making it safe to use in application whitelisting environments.</di=
v><div><br></div><div>We also said goodbye to a few odd quirks that we&#39;=
re happy to be rid of:</div><div>* No more npf.sys! Whether you install in =
WinPcap API-compatible mode or not, only one filter driver is required.</di=
v><div>* No more Npcap Loopback Adapter! Loopback capture is now done witho=
ut the need to install a virtual loopback adapter, which solves a lot of ro=
uting and connectivity problems. Nmap 7.80 and older still need it to figur=
e out routing, but the next Nmap release won&#39;t.</div><div>* No more res=
tarting the driver! When you add or remove a plug-and-play adapter, Npcap w=
ill automatically detect it. This was a much-requested feature.</div><div><=
br></div><div>We are very excited for what the future holds for Npcap. Our =
focus is primarily increased stability and performance, not adding new feat=
ures, but we&#39;re particularly excited about a few changes we have planne=
d:</div><div>* Replacing the current Admin-only mode with a new fully-confi=
gurable access control scheme that will allow granting read (capture) and w=
rite (injection) capabilities to individual users, groups, and domain group=
s.</div><div>* Upgrading to NDIS 6.20, dropping support for Windows Vista a=
nd Server 2008. Updating NDIS version improves performance and minimizes Np=
cap&#39;s impact on high-performance systems that ordinarily take advantage=
 of new NDIS features.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for all your support=
 and interest in Npcap and Nmap. We&#39;re looking forward to a great year!=
</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div><div><br></div><div>Npcap: <a href=3D"ht=
tps://npcap.org/">https://npcap.org/</a></div><div>Npcap OEM: <a href=3D"ht=
tps://npcap.org/oem/">https://npcap.org/oem/</a><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></div></div>
</div>

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