Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] A description of Wireshark
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From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:06:24 -0500
On 01/12/15 16:45, Guy Harris wrote:


On Jan 12, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Also dopping the 'network' from 'network protocol analyzer' doesn't feel right
either. They main focus is still, and will certainly be, network packet
analysis. The fact that record based file formats can be read as well, is just a
nice abstraction, not it's strength.


Perhaps one reason Jeff decided to drop "network" was that Wireshark also handles protocols for buses not always thought of as "networks", e.g. USB and Infiniband.


Yes, and this was based on Michal's comment:


"network protocol analyzer" -> most people read "network" and they are thinking "LAN/WiFi", but they forgot about Bluetooth, USB, etc. I think "network" word can be removed.
To me Bluetooth is still a network (PAN rather than LAN) protocol but (to my way of thinking) USB isn't a network.