File Release Notes and Changelog
Release Name: 0.3.8
Notes: TNV depicts network traffic by visualizing packets and links between local and remote hosts. TNV is intended for network traffic analysis to facilitate learning what constitutes 'normal' activity on a network, investigating packet details security events, or network troubleshooting. TNV can open saved libpcap (from tcpdump, windump, ethereal, etc.) formatted files or capture live packets on the wire, and export data in libpcap format or save the data to a MySQL database to enable examining trends over time. Required Software Java JRE: J2SE version 1.5+. (if not installed, download and install latest jre from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/) pcap library: Standard on most Linux distributions and Mac OS X (if it is not installed, download and install the pcap library from: http://tcpdump.org/). For Windows, you must download and install the winpcap library prior to running TNV from: http://www.winpcap.org/ TNV also uses the following libraries which are included in the download: -Jpcap (version 0.16) / Released under Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1) pre-compiled for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X (for other operating systems, you will need to download, compile, and install jpcap) -Piccolo (version 1.2) / Copyright (c) 2003-2006, University of Maryland. All rights reserved. Released under BSD License. -HSQLDB (version 1.8.0.7) / Copyright (c) 1995-2000 by the Hypersonic SQL Group. Released under Hypersonic License. -MySQL Connector/J (version 5.0.4) / Released under GPL. Note to Linux Users: If you get an error: Failed dependencies: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 is needed, then you need to install the rpm compat-libstdc++ More information and the latest version can be found at: http://tnv.sourceforge.net/
Changes: 0.3.8 - 12/11/2007 -Updated HSQLDB to 1.8.0.9 -Added feedback for packet capture 0.3.7 - 01/12/2007 -External data tools for doing URL queries or running scripts -Improved error handling -Potential capture dialog fix for linux -Universal binary of jpcap library for Mac PPC and Intel 0.3.6 - 01/09/2007 -Changed license to MIT for more flexibility -Sort by frequency -Added menu links to SF project page, forums, bug, and feature request -Refactored to cluster packages together -Refactored to have less duplicate code for databases -Added remove all data menu item for MySQL -Fixed minor bugs with MySQL 0.3.5 - 12/22/2006 -Added host sort functions based on arrival time or IP 0.3.4 - 12/14/2006 -Added splash screen -Improved capture dialog: nice names under Windows, better error messages -Faster startup -More readable startup scripts 0.3.3 - 12/13/2006 -Removed attempt to get DNS name - cause of Windows performance issues -Updated MySQL connector lib to version 5
