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amne Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Posts: 6378 Location: Graz / EU
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject: Ethereal moved to wireshark |
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If you have any questions wrt to the announcement, post them here. _________________ Dinosaur week! (Ok, this thread is so last week) |
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Zi7 n00b
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 43 Location: Provence
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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I do: can't we call it wirewhale instead?
The way it's a bloated piece of software that's sucks everything out of a wire to filter tiny packets doesn't look much like a shark job to me...
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amne Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Posts: 6378 Location: Graz / EU
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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You should talk to the actual developers of Wireshark about that, Gentoo just uses the name they choose. _________________ Dinosaur week! (Ok, this thread is so last week) |
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Dralnu Veteran
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1919
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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So let me get this straight: Ethereal is now Wireshark? _________________ The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck, is the day they make a vacuum cleaner. |
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think4urs11 Bodhisattva
Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 6659 Location: above the cloud
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Dralnu wrote: | So let me get this straight: Ethereal is now Wireshark? |
exactly
Quote: | Gerald Combs, the creator of the Ethereal® network protocol analyzer, has accepted a position with CACE Technologies. CACE is best known for the popular WinPcap packet capture library.
Along with the move comes a new name for the project: Wireshark.
This site (http://www.wireshark.org/) is the new home of the project. We look forward to continuing our success as world-class network protocol analyzer under the new name, and we welcome you to join us. |
Thats because the rights for the name Ethereal is with Geralds former employer ... yes their name is Ethereal _________________ Nothing is secure / Security is always a trade-off with usability / Do not assume anything / Trust no-one, nothing / Paranoia is your friend / Think for yourself |
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Dralnu Veteran
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1919
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Alright. I don't (think) need Ethereal/Wireshark, but its nice to know where to find it if I ever do!
tanks _________________ The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck, is the day they make a vacuum cleaner. |
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Lion Apprentice
Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 207
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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According to the Gentoo Mailing List, current users will be automatically updated to wireshark.
I have ethereal installed, I just eix-sync-ed, but I dont see emerge world -Dup replace ethereal with wireshark.
Even emerge -u ethereal just gives me: "emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "ethereal".".
So, what about this "To make this transition as painless as possible, a package move has been setup
so Ethereal users should automatically upgrade to Wireshark."? |
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opentaka l33t
Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Japan
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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I like the name "Ethereal" better... I keep hitting tab trying to launch wireshark but entering ethe...
/me sets alias _________________ "Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent" - Marilyn vos Savant
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Lion Apprentice
Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 207
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:47 am Post subject: |
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Ah, some way, I have indeed been upgraded to wireshark!
Somehow, I must have missed it when confirming the emerge world -Dua |
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Suicidal l33t
Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 959 Location: /dev/null
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Wonder how many ISS instructors this is going to confuse. |
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wmgoree Apprentice
Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 246 Location: Alexandria, VA
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:53 am Post subject: USE flags? |
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I'm just sync'd, and I see both "ethereal" and "wireshark" USE flags; does this deprecate the "ethereal" flag? Or is that up to the individual package maintainers? _________________ vi? *snicker* it doesn't even include a mail reader... |
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amne Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Posts: 6378 Location: Graz / EU
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Wifiscanner seems to be the only application affected by this use flag, see bug 141154
It's also using the wireshark use flag, so i assume the ethereal one is no longer needed at will be dropped at some time. _________________ Dinosaur week! (Ok, this thread is so last week) |
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Daniel Black Retired Dev
Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 1
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: USE flags? |
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wmgoree wrote: | I'm just sync'd, and I see both "ethereal" and "wireshark" USE flags; does this deprecate the "ethereal" flag? Or is that up to the individual package maintainers? |
I forgot to remove the ethereal use flag. Thanks for the notice.
Yes its the individual package maintainer's fault that he forgot it .
Suicidal wrote: | Wonder how many ISS instructors this is going to confuse. |
Oh dear. ISS instructors may just need to keep up to date then.
When booking a ISS course ask what wireshark is and then you know if your going to get value for money or not |
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LubosD Apprentice
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 211 Location: Czech Republic
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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And what's the replacement for tethereal? I can't find any "twireshark". |
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bumpus n00b
Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 64 Location: Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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LubosD wrote: | And what's the replacement for tethereal? I can't find any "twireshark". |
Try tshark. _________________ -------------
Just because I can. |
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egberts Guru
Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 357 Location: Dimmed Cathode Ray Tube
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:57 am Post subject: |
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For KDE users, don't forget the USE="gtk" as in
Code: | USE="gtk" emerge wireshark |
Forgot to update the package.mask when I did a 'emerge world' and watched wireshark (aka ethereal) disappeared!!! _________________ Clusters of Fry's Special, AMD 2200, 2 GB DDR, 220 GB (2008.1/desktop, stage 1, -O3) x8
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