Tcpdump Changelog

What's new in Tcpdump 4.7.4

Apr 27, 2015
  • RPKI to Router Protocol: Fix Segmentation Faults and other problems
  • RPKI to Router Protocol: print strings with fn_printn()
  • wb: fix some bounds checks

New in Tcpdump 4.2.0 (Nov 28, 2011)

  • merged 802.15.4 decoder from Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
  • updates to forces for new port numbers
  • Use "-H", not "-h", for the 802.11s option. (-h always help)
  • Better ICMPv6 checksum handling.
  • add support for the RPKI/Router Protocol, per -ietf-sidr-rpki-rtr-12
  • get rid of uuencoded pcap test files, git can do binary.
  • sFlow changes for 64-bit counters.
  • fixes for PPI packet header handling and printing.
  • Add DCB Exchange protocol (DCBX) version 1.01.
  • Babel dissector, from Juliusz Chroboczek and Gr√©goire Henry.
  • improvements to radiotap for rate values > 127.
  • Many improvements to ForCES decode, including fix SCTP TML port
  • updated RPL type code to RPL-17 draft
  • Improve printout of DHCPv6 options.
  • added support and test case for QinQ (802.1q VLAN) packets
  • Handle DLT_IEEE802_15_4_NOFCS like DLT_IEEE802_15_4.
  • Build fixes for Sparc and other machines with alignment restrictions.
  • Merged changes from Debian package.
  • PGM: Add ACK decoding and add PGMCC DATA and FEEDBACK options.
  • Build fixes for OSX (Snow Leopard and others)
  • Add support for IEEE 802.15.4 packets

New in Tcpdump 4.2.0 RC 1 (Nov 8, 2011)

  • merged 802.15.4 decoder from Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
  • updates to forces for new port numbers
  • Use "-H", not "-h", for the 802.11s option. (-h always help)
  • Better ICMPv6 checksum handling.
  • add support for the RPKI/Router Protocol, per -ietf-sidr-rpki-rtr-12
  • get rid of uuencoded pcap test files, git can do binary.
  • sFlow changes for 64-bit counters.
  • fixes for PPI packet header handling and printing.
  • Add DCB Exchange protocol (DCBX) version 1.01.
  • Babel dissector, from Juliusz Chroboczek and Grégoire Henry.
  • improvements to radiotap for rate values > 127.
  • Many improvements to ForCES decode, including fix SCTP TML port
  • updated RPL type code to RPL-17 draft
  • Improve printout of DHCPv6 options.
  • added support and test case for QinQ (802.1q VLAN) packets
  • Handle DLT_IEEE802_15_4_NOFCS like DLT_IEEE802_15_4.
  • Build fixes for Sparc and other machines with alignment restrictions.
  • Merged changes from Debian package.
  • PGM: Add ACK decoding and add PGMCC DATA and FEEDBACK options.
  • Build fixes for OSX (Snow Leopard and others)
  • Add support for IEEE 802.15.4 packets

New in Tcpdump 4.1.1 (Nov 8, 2011)

  • Fix build on systems with PF, such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
  • Don't blow up if a zero-length link-layer address is passed to linkaddr_string().

New in Tcpdump 4.0.0 (Feb 2, 2009)

  • Add support for Bluetooth Sniffing
  • Add support for Realtek Remote Control Protocol (openrrcp.org.ru)
  • Add support for 802.11 AVS
  • Add support for SMB over TCP
  • Add support for 4 byte BGP AS printing
  • Add support for compiling on case-insensitive file systems
  • Add support for ikev2 printing
  • Update support for decoding AFS
  • Update DHCPv6 printer
  • Use newer libpcap API's (allows -B option on all platforms)
  • Add -I to turn on monitor mode
  • Bugfixes in lldp, lspping, dccp, ESP, NFS printers
  • Cleanup unused files and various cruft