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Wireshark

Wireshark is free and open-source packet analyzer software. It is used for computer network analysis and troubleshooting, software and communications protocol development, and education. Originally named Ethereal, the project was renamed Wireshark in May 2006 due to trademark issues.

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Software.name: Wireshark
Software.logo: File:Wireshark Logo.svg
Software.screenshot: 300px|Wireshark GUI
Software.caption: Wireshark GUI
Software.author: Gerald Combs
Software.developer: The Wireshark team
Software.released: 1998
Software.operating system: Cross-platform
Software.programming language: C, C++, Lua
Software.genre: Packet analyzer
Software.license: GPL-2.0-or-later

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Functionality
History
Features
Security
Color coding
Simulation packet capture
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Wireshark is cross-platform, using the Qt widget toolkit in current releases to implement its user interface, and using pcap to capture packets; it runs on Linux, macOS, BSD, Solaris, some other Unix-like operating systems, and Microsoft Windows. There is also a terminal-based (non-GUI) version called TShark. Wireshark, and the other programs distributed with it such as TShark, are free software, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.