Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Missing file from website

[Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/17/11 10:16 AM, Chris Maynard wrote:
> We The People <please.nospam08@...> writes:
> 
>> Reference:
>> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChIntroPlatforms.html
>> Win-ME:
>> "The last known version to work (with Win-ME) was Ethereal 0.99.0
>> (which includes WinPcap 3.1)"
> 
> That might be misleading.  While it does say that the last known version to work
> with Win-ME was Ethereal 0.99.0, it does not say that Ethereal 0.99.0 IS the
> last version to work with Win-ME.
> 
> The Wireshark 0.99.2 release notes still mentions ME:
> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-0.99.2.html, so it may very
> well work on Win-ME too.  One thing is certain, Wireshark 0.99.5 will not work
> with Win-ME, but 0.99.4, 0.99.3 and 0.99.2 all might.
> 
> So, you might try Wireshark 0.99.4, 0.99.3 or 0.99.2 and see if one of those
> work for you.  If one of them does, you can report it back to us so the
> Wireshark user's guide can be updated to mention it as the new, "last known
> version" to work on Win-ME.

Even Ethereal 0.99.0 may not work:

  http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200604/msg00295.html

We added memory protection and guard pages via VirtualAlloc +
VirtualProtect in 0.99.0. According to MSDN those calls are only
supported on Windows 2000 and later.


The last release without memory protection was Ethereal 0.10.14:

  http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/all-versions/

Keep in mind that it's in the "older than dirt" phase of it's product
lifecycle.


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