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One of the new features is experimental support for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows installer packages (msi).

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This would be possible, but I would guess it's better to dicuss this as a next step – UlfLampingĪs it seems to become necessary to build the update files by a server side script, is it mandatory to include parts to the update file which are already "up-to-date"? Or is it better to leave them out of the file? I guess it's better that the update file should only contain things that really needs an update.The application is available as a 32-bit and 64-bit installer for Windows, and as a portable version for Windows as well. Should we check for (and optionally disable) insecure dissectors? I guess so, see the update process outlined above – UlfLamping This could then be handled by the URL, see the URL examples above – UlfLampingĬan the file installation be handled by NSIS? What about special installations like U3/zip?

That would end in a pletora of possible update files - making the update file to be script generated mandatory in effect – UlfLamping.

We could make the SVN revison part of the query path – GeraldCombs

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Someone provide me some pointers how to apply md5 on a downloaded file in principle? MD5 should be ok so we don't need libgcrypt mandatory – UlfLampingĭo we need to specify alternative installer versions (e.g.Libgcrypt comes with md5, sha1, rmd160, and a few others. Is there a md5 (or a different suitable algorithm alrady available in the WS or lib code? I don't know if FTP is available for all users - think of very crippled corporate web access where only http/https might be available (we maybe could accept this or ask the users mailing list if it's a big problem) – UlfLamping.

dl.sf.net points to a set of round-robin addresses, and appears to work. How do we select between the available ws-setup.exe sourceforge mirrors - show url selection to user?

The prototype I'm currently working on is using wininet.dll - simply changing the URL to seems to work well – UlfLamping.

This would also help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. We could use a TLS/SSL connection instead. How to add a GPG signature to this file (and still be possible to read from WS file processing functions)?

I guess this makes it more flexible to handle "special cases" as we cannot change the installed programs out there but at least things on the server side.

because of this the update files might better be server side script generated "on demand".

- require to change more files (for every platform) if a new version is available.

no separate winpcap entries for each platform)

+ make the individual update file shorter (e.g.

Sounds like a good idea, I had similiar in mind a while ago. That would save a little work on the client side. We might want to use an approach similar to Mozilla's AUS, where the client specifies their version and platform in the request, e.g. Winpcap.display: The WinPcap version recommended for Windows XP # an alternative would be to use the round-robin scheduler of sourceforge Update.display: The Wireshark update file base location However, details of the URL still has to be specified.Īn example update file could look like: # this file's URL (to be able to move the location later) The URL of the update file should contain version and platform information, some examples could look like:

call the installer (in effect ending a running wireshark program to be able to replace files).

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check integrity to detect download problems (info from the update file e.g.

download the corresponding installer file (e.g.

if updates available, show a dialog to ask the user to proceed with the update.

download an update file from the internet according to the current version and platform (url and file format see below).

So the update mechanism should do the following: The basic mechanisms could be applied to other platforms as well, if there's demand for it.

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If there's a new version available, it displays a dialog asking if the user wants to install that update.Īs this seems to be a problem on Microsoft Windows systems only, the following will focus on MS Windows. Under "Help/Check for Updates…" the user can trigger a version check (it's also done in a frequent way automatically).

Firefox) have build their own version check / update mechanisms. There's the WSUS service, which is unfortunately only for microsoft products and not available for other projects.

On Windows, there's commonly no thing like a package manager as on (most?) linux systems.