Wireshark Is 25: The email that started it all and lessons learned along the wayblog.wireshark.orgcross-posted to: fossnetworking@programming.devtechnews@radiation.party BrikoX ( @BrikoX@lemmy.zip ) Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square2fedilinkarrow-up118
arrow-up118external-linkWireshark Is 25: The email that started it all and lessons learned along the wayblog.wireshark.org BrikoX ( @BrikoX@lemmy.zip ) Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: fossnetworking@programming.devtechnews@radiation.party
minus-square Impossible ( @Impossible@partizle.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI’ve always been too lazy to look up the reason for the change of name. Today I did: https://www.linux.com/news/ethereal-changes-name-wireshark/ TLDR: Authors previous employer trademarked the Ethereal name on the Authors behalf, the author moved jobs and couldn’t negotiate the transfer to him - thus Wireshark was born.
I’ve always been too lazy to look up the reason for the change of name. Today I did: https://www.linux.com/news/ethereal-changes-name-wireshark/
TLDR: Authors previous employer trademarked the Ethereal name on the Authors behalf, the author moved jobs and couldn’t negotiate the transfer to him - thus Wireshark was born.