Re: Ehtereal becomes Wireshark

Eric Hall <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 02:33:13PM -0700, Mike Savory wrote:
> > The Ethereal packet sniffer is changing names and getting a new  
> home....
> > Wireshark. http://www.wireshark.org/
> 
> Wireshark 0.99.2 was Released Jul 17, 2006
> 
> Is anyone looking at upgrading/replacing the current Ethereal port ??
> 
> The Wireshark 0.99.2 fixes some security issues over the last  
> ethereal 0.99.0, Revision 1 that is in the current portfile.
> 
> Is there a way of coping with a port that changes name? should there  
> just be a new port for Wireshark. how about invalidating the old  
> ethereal port (with a UI_message to says its been replaced by  
> wireshark....)
> 

	The wireshark port was added 2 weeks ago....

	Ethereal will get some sort of notice that wireshark exists,
haven't decided how that will happen yet.


			-eric
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