Talk:Wireshark

message: Does "802 protocols can be dissected" refer to the IEEE802 group of standards or are there 802 protocols E. can handle? --84.56.228.90 13:50, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "802 standards" 

message: Ethereal has chaged it's name to WireShark (explained here). This article should be moved and all links updated. Jdm64 15:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I've changed most links to now point to Wireshark instead of Ethereal. There still are some links, mostly ones that talk about Ethereal being included with an OS (i.e. Knoppix LiveCD, etc.). I'm not sure if those should be changed because Ethereal not Wireshark was included? Jdm64 18:43, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I've replaced the screenshot and caption of the screenshot.--T3h 07:48, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I wouldn't change anythign right now.  While the MAIN dev left, and took some people with him, he doens't own ethereal.  And ethereal is still listed, and has not made not of this.  So, this is a fork in the application development, unless the people at ethereal agree with it.  It may very well be that ethereal keeps going, and this project flops, just because of the name and backing.  Wireshark is not Ethereal, so please don't change Ethereal into wireshark.  They are two seperate objects, and how one transforms into the other hasn't been shown.  Untill http://www.ethereal.com/ says it is now wireshark, then wireshark is a seperate program, broken off of the first.--Ozzy 98 18:40, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Every one of the core Ethereal developers (the ones with Subversion commit privileges to the repository) is now a Wireshark developer.  Gerald didn't take "some people" with him - we all went. Guy Harris 19:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But Ethereal, the name, isn't his now.  And THAT ethereal is still there.  Until that one acknowledges wireshark as the NEW ethereal, this is propaganda.  It could be that they will countune development of Ethereal.  Ethereal is NOT now wireshark.  Wireshark is a new project using the same code base of Ethereal, sorta like Firefox vs. Mozillia.  Untill NIS has to remove the program, then they own Ethereal, and the name, and it's two completely diffrent projects.  And to say that Wireshark is Ethereal, without permission by NIS, is aginst the law.  He can say made from the code from, but Ethereal is still a NIS product, and it still exists.  Ethereal is still called ethereal by the owners of the name, and there is still a product out there, called ethereal.  So, wireshark is not ethereal.--Ozzy 98 20:17, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Yes, it is tecnically correct that Wireshark is a fork. But, with the lead developer seeming taking all the other developers (like Guy Harris said), and the only real reason for the fork was over stupid copyrights, and the only "code" difference between the two is the name, I would say that it was more than a fork; more like a "under new management" because of copyright disputes! I think Whireshark is the new Ethereal. And all this should be noted in the article. -Jdm64 02:26, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Ok! I get your 756 words of explanation! But, how do you think we should solve this in relations to the article? I think the Wireshark page should stay, and that a section about Ethereal be made on the page. Ozzy 98, since you feel so STRONGLY about this, you can be in charge of the section. --Jdm64 15:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  bah, that's like work and stuff... and umm.. honstly, I have NO clue how. :o)  I'm just worried that there might be repercussions aginst the wireshark people for these actions.  I was thinking more along the lines of 2 pages, Ethereal, and wireshark, with one of thoese little links on top of the page saying to go to wireshark cause it's based on the same code.  Since wikipedia is the second hit on google for wireshark, a lot of care needs to be taken in the wording, by anyone directly connected to the project, if the Ethereal copyright holders do ever take legal actions, having a wireshark developer saying that Ethereal is dead and is now wireshark would look VERY bad, unless it was tongue and cheek.  --Ozzy 98 15:56, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that they are not the same entity. But that doesn't mean that one cannot re-direct to the other. There are many examples of this all over the Wiki. --JimmyTheWig 16:51, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ethereal now called WireShark

message: Well, as stated in the talk, I felt it shouldn't have been moved, so I moved as close as I could get back to where it was.  Changes Guy made that apply to this I'll get around to re-doing soon, and try to post a seperate page for Wireshark.   
Before anyone thinks about just moving this back, you should keep one point in mind.  Ethereal is a comercial product.  While it is free to use, it is supported by the company who owns the Ethereal name.  Wireshark also has comerical support for Wireshark.  By changing the name of the page, you play into what amounts to an ad campain for Wireshark aginst Ethereal.  The holders of the Ethereal name have not stated what they will do with the product, but they, not Gerald Combs, have the rights to the name Ethereal.  Why they have it, and not Gerald, I don't know.  But the fact they kept it and not let him have it shows they want to use it.  And I'm not sure if Ethereal soft will support wireshark or not if they have a true development fork.  And since wireshark is under GPL, Ethereal can use the wireshark source.  Hence, Ethereal is not now called wireshark.
--Ozzy 98 22:58, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved page 

message: Just to let you know. The purpose of selecting an article is both to point readers to the article and to highlight it to potential contributors. It will remain on the portal for a week or so. The previous selected article was qmail - a mail server based on paranoid security.  qmail is a rare piece of free software in that it is in the public domain.
For other interesting free software articles, you can take a look at the archive of PF's selectees. --Gronky (talk) 11:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Things've moved on and the new selectee is software patents and free software.  There you can find information about the problems, solutions, and court cases involving free software and software patents. --Gronky (talk) 12:25, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Portal:Free software]]: Wireshark is now the selected article 

message: It would be great if somebody could tell us what the new branch does differently. 66.192.121.51 (talk) 15:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Branch 1.4.0 rc1 

message: The article has a warning with WP:SOAP tag, claiming that this is advertising. I don't think this tag is justified at all. There may be commercial products which serve similar purposes, however this is one of the important standard tools in the open source community, and I don't hink this is biased in any way. Maybe it's helpful to add a warning about security issues. (Joise) --91.20.184.135 (talk) 12:13, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:SOAP tag 

message: I'm the author of udemy course "Wireshark tutorial: guide for beginners". I don't want to abuse wikipedia in any way or be accused of spamming so I decided to ask here first. 
Would you find it acceptable to link such learning materials like my course on the Wireshark page?
178.37.219.212 (talk) 21:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tutorials and learning materials 

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replies: text: One checked and works, one changed to point to the new location. Guy Harris (talk) 08:53, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified