Software Update: Wireshark 1.2.4

Monday, version 1.2.4 of Wireshark was released. Wireshark is an open source protocol analyzer and packet sniffer, which can analyze and parse various network protocols and data packets on the network. The program can also use previously saved data traffic as input. Version 1.2.0, among other things, introduced separate downloads for 64-bit versions of Windows, added support for the c-ares resolver library and improved support for Mac OS X. In this update, the developers have made some bug fixes, among other things. . The full release notes can be found below:

Bug Fixes

• The following bugs have been fixed:
• Can’t save RTP stream in both directions. (Bug 4120)
• Wireshark could crash at startup on Windows. (Bug 4155)

Updated Protocol Support

• DCERPC
• IPFIX/Netflow
• IPv4
• NAS EPS
• RTCP
• TIPC

The following downloads are available:
Wireshark 1.2.4 for Windows (32bit)
Wireshark 1.2.4 for Windows (64 bit)
Wireshark 1.2.4 for Windows (U3 version)
Wireshark 1.2.4 for PortableApps
Wireshark 1.2.4 for Mac OS X (Intel)
Wireshark 1.2.4 for Mac OS X (PPC)
Wireshark 1.2.4 source code for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD among others