This book was originally developed by Richard Sharpe with funds provided from the Wireshark Fund. It was updated by Ed Warnicke and more recently redesigned and updated by Ulf Lamping.

It was originally written in DocBook/XML and converted to AsciiDoc by Gerald Combs.

You will find some specially marked parts in this book:

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	You should pay attention to a warning, otherwise data loss might occur.

	This is a note
	A note will point you to common mistakes and things that might not be obvious.

	This is a tip
	Tips are helpful for your everyday work using Wireshark.