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v10
Moshe Kaplan
Remove migration footers
Sep 11, 2026
v9
Guy Harris
Now that we show the ss998915 libpcap packet header as a table, don't speak of it as "code" taken from wiretap/libpcap.h.
Jan 01, 2026
v8
Guy Harris
Replace most references to WinPcap with references to Npcap. Note that all versions of Npcap can read pcapng files.
Jan 01, 2026
v7
Guy Harris
Point to the I-Ds for pcap and pcapng, describe the modified pcap formats in the same fashion as the pcap I-D, do other updates.
Dec 31, 2025
v6
David Perry
Fix tpyo
Oct 14, 2020
v5
David Perry
Fix anchors to variants and drawbacks
Oct 08, 2020
v4
David Perry
Added expanded information on variants of the libpcap file format
Oct 08, 2020
v3
David Perry
Reformat table into list; add C syntax highlighting
Oct 08, 2020
v2
Chuck Craft
Update LibpcapFileFormat (links: TcpDump, WinDump, wiretap)
Sep 10, 2020
v1
GitLab Migration
Initial import from wiki.wireshark.org.
Aug 11, 2020