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Packet Analyzer CAPSA Revision History

Packet Analyzer Capsa is a network sniffer designed for network traffic monitoring, protocol analysis and network diagnosis. It analyzes the network traffic of the local computer, or the local network. This

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April 10, 2011 - Capsa Network Analyzer 7.4

• Capsa Network Analyzer Enterprise edition 7.4 includes a powerful module to sniff and analyze wireless traffif on a WiFi LAN, in addition to the Ethernet LAN.

• Capsa Network Analyzer Professional edition focuses on the Ethernet LAN traffic monitoring and analyzing with all the comprehensive reporting functions.

• Capsa Network Analyzer WiFi edition focuses on the wireless (WiFi) LAN monitoring and analyzing with all the comprehensive reporting functions.

October 20, 2010 - Capsa Network Analyzer 7.3.1

Capsa Network Analyzer 7.3.1 is released with many advanced features and enhanced analyzing experience.

New Features & Improvements:

• Add Security Analysis Profile to analyze DoS attack, ARP attack and worm activities, etc.
• Add tab show/hide management panel for the main view.
• Add Data Storage on the Start Page to configure packet and log save settings.
• Add Report Logo preview in Report Settings.
• Add New Packet Storage and Log File Save icon on the Ribbon.
• Renamed Packet Buffer property page in the Analysis Profile Options to Packet Display Buffer, and the Packet Storage was removed from this page.
• Redesigned Log Settings property page in the Analysis Profile Options, and add new Export Log Settings to enable/disable log auto saving.

Bug fixed:

• Reactivation required when switching to other user accounts.
• Customize Protocol function may not apply.
• NetRay2.0 and Windows Sniffer (*.cap) packet files replaying incompatible.

June 17, 2010 - Capsa 7.2.1 Newly Released

Today, we are very proud to announce the release of Capsa 7.2.1-the latest version of our flagship product. The new version 7.2.1 comes out with the prominent features: Email monitor, MSN & Yahoo Messenger monitor

New Features & Improvements:

• Support MSN, Yahoo Messenger monitoring.
• Support saving email content to hard disk.
• Support opening project file from Capsa 6.9.
• Display connection number of each node in the Matrix tab.

Bug fixed:

• The IP address range and mask condition of filter may not work.
• Cannot change 0 to another number in Analysis Profile Options.
• No separate check for Windows version of 32/64 bits before network adapter driver registry.
• Too much time to initiate a project.
• Wrong Delta Time in Packet tab.

May 25, 2010 - Capsa 7.2.1 Newly Released

Today, we are very proud to announce the release of Capsa 7.2.1-the latest version of our flagship product. The new version 7.2.1 comes out with the prominent features: Email monitor, MSN & Yahoo Messenger monitor

New Features & Improvements:

• Support MSN, Yahoo Messenger monitoring.
• Support auto-saving email content to hard disk.
• Support open project file from Capsa 6.9.

Bug fixed:

• Cannot change 0 to another number in Analysis Profile Options.
• No separate check for Windows version of 32/64 bits before network adapter driver registry.

Mar 4, 2010 - Capsa 7.1.2 Newly Released

A month after the release of Capsa Network Analyzer 7.1, we are now very pleased to announce the upgrade version-Capsa 7.1.2. With the new Start Page, Capsa 7.1.2 makes it much easier to use. The version 7.1.2 makes improvements and adds new features as below:

New Features:

• Add Duplicate function for Network Profiles and Analysis Profiles in Start Page.

Improvements:

• New Start Page makes it easy to use.
• Add Local Engine Setting build in System Menu.
• Editing function of Network Profile and Analysis Profile moved to context menu.
• Format and Report setting page moved from "System Options" dialog to "Local Engine Setting" dialog.

Bug fixed:

• Cannot add new network group in Network Profile when auto network config detection failed.

Feb 15, 2010 - Packet Analyzer Capsa 7.1

July 2, 2009 - Packet Analyzer Capsa 6.9r2

New Features:
Support Windows 7 (32bit and 64bit Edition).
Packet Player: Support replay multiple packet files simultaneously.
Globally added two new options: alias(or hostname) and address can be displayed simultaneously.
There is a new option in the global Option settings users can enable to prevent hibernation when capturing.
New protocol ISL and FCoE can be recognized now.
Decoders for ISL, FCoE protocols.
Support Windows Server 2008 and X64 Edition.

Improved:
An online help section activated in Start Page below Quick Link.
The Loopback won't be shown in the NIC test wizard.

Bug Fixed:
A wrong value has been displayed in the decode area for IP Fragment Offset.
Users login as other windows ID will have to reactivate Capsa every time they login.

Oct 16, 2008 - Packet Analyzer Capsa 6.9

This release has the following features and improvements.

New Features:

• Globally added two new option: Show Physical address as & Show IP address as.
• A new option added to prevent hibernation when capturing.
• Support decoding ISL, FCoE

  Improvements:

• A online help section activated in Start Page below Quick Link.
• The Loopback won't be shown in the NIC test wizard.

  Bug fixed:

• A wrong value has been displayed in the decode area for IP Fragment Offset.

July 04, 2008 - Packet Analyzer Capsa 6.8

This release has the following features and improvements.

New Features:

• New Option for "Auto save packet file" in General Settings to specify the length of each packet to be saved.
• New GEO column in Endpoint View.
• New dock window for "Online Resources".
• New protocols decoder supported: Bittorrent, Emule, MSSQL, TNS.

  Improvements:

• Updated the lib for National IP Address information.
• Improved the DNS analysis modules.

  Bug fixed:

• When the program is not running, openning unsupported packet file by double click may cause incorrect value under count value in Summary View and Diagnosis view.

Feb 25, 2008 - Packet Analyzer Capsa 6.7

This release has the following features and improvements. New Features: - 110 new protocols supported, including Time, Nameserver, Tacacs, Xns-time, JE, Discard, Systat, Qotd, MSP, Daytime, Msg-auth, Auditd, Ni-ftp, MPM, MPM-snd, Re-mail-ck, La-maint, XNS-ch, XNS-auth, XNS-mail, Tacacs-ds, Mit-ml-dev, CTF, NPP, DCP, Supdup, Swift-rvf, Tacnews, Mcidas, Pwdgen, Cisco-fna, Cisco-tna, Cisco-sys, Statsrv, Emfis-data, Emfis-cntl, GGP, HMP, PRM, RDP, IRTP, NETBLT, DCCP, IDPR, DDP, SDRP, IDRP, DSR, NARP, TLSP, PVP, SMP, PTP, CRTP, CRUDP, PIPE, FC, SPS, SNP, ISO-TP4, SKIP, CFTP, EIGRP Hello, EIGRP Query, EIGRP Reply, EIGRP Update, Login, Who, Yahoo Messenger, X-Window, ISMP, UMA, ISO-TP0, ISO-IP, BFTP, SGMP, SGMP-traps, NAMP, Send, RIS, MPP, CDC, Http-mgmt, PIP, Rtsps, Pdap, NSRMP, RSVP_tunnel, IBM-app, SNPP, RCP, NMSP, IDFP, SCC Security, Submission, Password-chg, SMIP, XDAS, CFS, RAMP, ACNET, Sflow, CRIP, TRIP, Mnet-discovery, Rwhois, SCCP, Citrix ICA, Rexec, Biff, RTP with VLC. - Support decoding GGP, ISMP, IGRP, EIGRP, CDP, CGMP. Bug Fixed: - DHCP decoder may cause program hang when decoding certain DHCP packets. - On Windows x64 platform, cannot start capture due to packet buffer size validation failure if available physical system memory larger than 2GB.

November 5, 2007 - Capsa 6.6

This new release has the following features and improvements. New Features: Support Windows Vista 64-bit Edition; 15 new protocols supported: Tunnel, Echo, CMIP-Agent, CMIP-Man, SFTP, RAP, RLP, Radius, Radius-acct, Radius-dynauth, eMule, PPlive, SShell, Kerberos, Windows NLB. Improvements: Port 4443 now recognized as AIM protocol. Bug Fixed: Packet distribution statistics dose not work when restart capturing after open an existing project file; The 1 byte packet value filter dose not work correctly with byte masks.

September 3, 2007 - Capsa 6.5

This new release has the following features and improvements. New Features: Analysis of 4 IM protocols: MSN, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, and ICQ; real-time message display and record; User Wizard to test NIC and check installation and deployment. Improvements: Alter Log file format from ANSI to UTF-8. Bug Fixed: Graph view: crash after multi-clicking on "compare mode"; Report: blank "traffic" and "packet" under Top titles of Report under Windows 2000 + SP4 and Windows 2003 + SP1.

March 22, 2007 - Capsa 6.4

This new release supports Windows Vista platform and AMD 64bit Edition (XP/2003), it also has some new protocol decoders and display improvements. New Features: Supports Windows Vista. Supports Windows XP 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition (AMD x64 Processor architectures). Improvements: New protocol decoders: Gopher, ICP, SCTP, VRRP. Add "Custom Columns" toolbar button in the Endpoints, Protocols, Conversations, Packets and Logs view. Bug Fixed: Email analyzer: Incorrect email address extracted from certain MIME header. Demo version: Log buffer limitation should be 512KB rather than 512 bytes.

December 13, 2006 - Capsa 6.3

This release introduces a new network tool Packet Builder, you can now construct your own custom packets and sending them into the network. This release also includes many enhancements as well as bug fix. New Features: Packet Builder, constructing custom packets and sending them into the network. New analyzer setting page in Options. Improvements: New protocol decoders: PPTP, RSVP, COPS, L2TP, LPD, ICMPv6, IPv6, MSN, QQ. Packet Player now supports burst mode and loop sending. Enhanced send packets in Capsa now supports burst mode and loop sending. Add 'Locate Explorer Node' toolbar button in all sub-views. Bug Fixed: Log view didn't refresh automatically. Selected columns didn't work when exporting list items to txt, csv or html files. No data in 'Decode' column when exporting packet list to txt, csv or html files. In project setting, the bandwidth value of adapter will become negative if enter a value large than 2147. Summary view didn't remember column status and width.

September 27, 2006 - Capsa 6.2

This release includes many new features, enhancements and introduces customizable external tools feature which allow user integrate other handy network tools into Capsa, along with three built-in tools including Packet Player, Mac Address Scanner and Ping Tool. This release also added the useful send packets feature, and the overall analyzing performance improved significantly by optimized packet identification engine and optimized statistic counter updating method. New Features: Send packets Built-in tools: Packet Player, MAC Address Scanner and Ping Tool Customizable external tools Improvements: New protocol decoders: IGMP, IPX, SPX, NCP, RIP v1, RIP v2, OSPF, SAP, HSRP New protocol identification: NetWare IPX, NetWare Link Services Protocol, NetWare RIP Reply, NetWare SAP Optimized packet protocol identification process, 200% faster Improved statistic counter updating efficiency, 100% faster Manual host name resolution now supports reviewing the results Improved TCP stream view updating method Bug Fixed: Some protocols field may displays incorrect value in decode column of packets list view Packet decode view couldn't restore protocol field selection correctly Error packet and lost packet counter data didn't reset to zero when clear project data

July 25, 2006 - Capsa 6.1

This release incorporates many new features and enhancements including 64bit chart data sampling, MPLS packet decoder and Ethernet/IP protocol statistics, customizable reports including top 10 IP, top 10 protocol and chart, packet view now incorporates a decode column, and so on.　 New Reports view displays the real time statistics reports of global or specific groups New display type combo box in the Protocols view New Decode column in the Packets view New Next Sequence Packet Number of the decoded packets in the Packets view New Bytes Send/Receive Ratio and Packets Send/Receive Ratio displayed in the Endpoints view when the number of packets exceed 10 Enhanced protocol identification now supports loopback, SNMP Trap, SSDP, ICP, COPS, RTP, IP Fragment, GDP, HSRP, MPLS, XNS and AARP Enhanced MPLS packets decoding Enhanced import/export packets file in TCP DUMP(*.dmp) format Enhanced resolve host name manually in every views which displays the IP address Enhanced the size of chart samples Enhanced the details of ICMP decoding

April 25, 2006 - Capsa 6.0

Capsa 6.0 is released with many new features as follows: New Expert Matrix view shows all communicating endpoints within your network New Conversations view now supports physical, IP, TCP and UDP conversation. New DNS analysis module provides DNS-specific diagnoses and DNS query log New protocol decoders Finger, TFTP, Telnet and SSH Enhanced protocol identification now supports RIP, RIPV1, RIPV2, RIPV3, RIPV4, QQ, BitTorrent Enhanced project explorer - Groups Internet address by its geographical location Enhanced project explorer - Displays the realtime status of each nodes Enhanced graphs view extensive use of GDI+ supports shading, antialiasing and highlighting Exporting chart now supports PNG and EMF format Passively resolve IP addresses instead of automatically resolve Importing packets file now supports EhterPeek v7, ArioPeek v9 and OmniPeek v9 format

January 20, 2006 - Capsa 5.5

Capsa 5.5 adds the following new features and makes many improvements: Expert network diagnosis module Filter table to share packet filter across projects Graphic packet filter interface Auto save captured packets to one or more packet files Find items in the explorer windows and almost all list views Sub views in the endpoints view and protocols view displaying related packets Identifiable protocol: IGAP, RGMP and PPPoE Protocol decoder: NetBIOS, DHCP, BOOTP, SMB, CIFS, SMTP, POP3, FTP and PPPoE Project setting options: save setting as default, custom port, statistics settings Global options: keep recent file, disable smooth scrolling Import wizard with range options Export process window Hot keys in the packets view Warning notice for project setting Import/export feature in the name table Layout options for protocol filter

August 26, 2005 - Capsa 5.0

The new version of Capsa contains many improvements and new features compared with the previous version. It supports monitoring multiple adapters (enterprise edition only), letting you view the traffic passing through your network via different adapters. The advanced analyzers provide more detailed information about network traffic, allowing you to view the analyzed data of email messages, FTP transfers and HTTP requests. Simple filters and advanced filters can narrow the target hosts, letting you quickly focus on suspect traffic and identify the source of network troubles. Statistics and graphs let you view network communications in various ways, bring you an overall and visual impression of your network. Flexible and intuitive interface is the outstanding feature of Capsa, you can easily switch from an overall statistics to the details of a specific network node, even a rookie user can manage it efficiently in a few moments. What's new in version 5.0? New statistic views New graphs view (unique to enterprise edition) New statistic reports (unique to enterprise edition) Preview and print More supported network protocols New command line parameters Enhanced name table Summary statistics snapshots (unique to enterprise edition) New packet summary Enhanced log views and log files Enhanced packet filter Locate explorer nodes Multiple adapters in a project (unique to enterprise edition) Enhanced advanced analyzers Local host TDI loopback traffic (unique to enterprise edition) New related packets Enhanced project explorer New project status New network profile (unique to enterprise edition)

January 28, 2005 - Capsa 4.06

In the latest version 4.06, we have improved the Web access log, Content-Length, and long-term traffic analysis features. The upgraded program also supports multi-subnet Intranet configuration and allows customizing subnet address/mask. Additionally, Resolve and Change Host Name options are now available in several views including Scope Explorer, Node List, and IP List. New: Resolve Host Name in Scope Explorer View, Node List View and IP List View New: Change Host Name in Scope Explorer View, Node List View and IP List View New: Product activation system New: Separately store web/transaction log in different files by time New: Support the conversion between ASCII and EBCDIC in TCP Stream View, Packet Decode View, Packet Hex View New: Predefined web accesses filters New: Optional peer nodes creating in Scope Explorer and Nodes List View Other miscellaneous bugs fixed

November 2, 2004 - Capsa 4.05

Capsa 4.05 has the following improvements compared with version 4.0: Improved Web access log, Content-Length is recordable now New project options for long-term traffic analysis Supports multi-subnet Intranet configuration, subnet address/mask customable Bug fixed: the value of certain columns always return zero when exporting packet data Bug fixed: Capsa didn't open project files via DDE Bug fixed: Capsa stopped to capture network packets if reset a network adapter connection Miscellaneous improvements to online help Other miscellaneous bugs fixed

December 12, 2003 - Capsa 4.0

We are pleased to announce the new release of Capsa 4.0 for Windows, a powerful yet simple-to-use sniffer tool for monitoring and analyzing network protocols and packets. What's New: New web access analysis module New transaction analysis module New TCP connection stream view New UDP session analysis High resolution timestamp (millisecond) Dynamic update of packets view More packets buffer options including ring buffer Automatically save projects Font and color customization in all views New layout of project setting dialog Improved capture filter settings New project summary view New filter settings for email, web access and transaction analysis module Improved hostname resolve method Add port name display options Custom port options New data exporting wizard New protocol driver supports Windows 2003 Server

April 25, 2003 - Capsa 3.0

We are pleased to announce the new release of Capsa 3.0 for Windows, a powerful yet simple-to-use sniffer tool for monitoring and analyzing network protocols and packets .. What's New: New connection view New wireless adapter support New Terminal server support New multi monitor support New higher-performance packet capture driver New column sorting support Improved network adapter enumeration Improved user interface Installation improvements Fixed memory leaks in packet capture driver Other miscellaneous bugs fix and improvements

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