Wireshark 4.0.10 Released – What’s New!

The most widely used network protocol analyzer worldwide is Wireshark. It is employed in network troubleshooting, security analysis, software protocol development, network monitoring, communications protocol development, and education.

Wireshark has announced version 4.0.10, which includes bug fixes, new improvements, and capabilities for improved packet inspection, making it a top choice for consumers and organizations in a variety of industries.

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The features that Wireshark offers include capturing live network interface packet data, Import packets from text files containing hex dumps of packet data, Import packets from text files containing hex dumps of packet data, Display packets with very detailed protocol information, Save packet data captured, Export some or all packets in several capture file formats, Filter packets on many criteria, etc.

Wireshark 4.0.10 – What’s New?

Bug fixes for the following issues:

• Error loading g729.so plugin with Wireshark 4.0.9 and 3.6.17 on macOS. Issue 19374

Since there are no official 32-bit Windows packages for Wireshark 4.0 and later, it’s essential to use the most recent version of Windows (3.6).

“If you’re running Wireshark on macOS and upgraded to macOS 13 from an earlier version, you might have to open and run the “Uninstall ChmodBPF” package, then open and run “Install ChmodBPF” to reset the ChmodBPF Launch Daemon. Issue 18734”, reads the release notes.

There is no new protocol support, updated protocol support, new and updated capture file support, or new file format decoding support in this new version of Wireshark 4.0.10.

To Find the File Location

Wireshark and TShark search for preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries in different locations. These locations differ depending on the platform. 

To identify the default locations on your machine, use Help › About Wireshark › Folders or tshark -G folders.

To Download Wireshark 4.0.10

Wireshark 4.0.10 is available for download from the official download page, which may be found here.