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Gerald Combs

@geraldcombs.bsky.social

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Creator & lead developer of Wireshark. Works at Sysdig. He / him.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In current versions of #Wireshark, if you want to save an external capture utility configuration you have to use a profile. I'm working on an interface bookmark feature which will decouple that and make it easier to save a bunch of extcap configurations.

Screenshot showing the interface bookmark feature in action.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I'm at #SharkFest this week and someone brought in a vintage protocol analyzer. As you can see, looking at network traffic used to require gear that was a) specialized and b) heavy.

Vintage HP protocol analyzer, complete with manuals

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Not sure what conclusion to draw from this, but selling all of your AI stocks probably isn't outside the bounds of reason.

intheweights.com result showing a dismayingly high score.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

And we managed to backport the welcome page slide preferences this time around! Sorry they were missing in 4.6.5.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

There are prefs to manage them, but unfortunately they weren't backported in time to make the 4.6.5 release. They will be in the upcoming 4.6.6 release. If you could test one of the 4.6.6rc0 installers at www.wireshark.org/download/aut... that would be helpful. 2/3

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Go home Visual Studio Code, you're drunk and getting handsy.

Dialog showing "Visual Studio Code would like access to Apple Music, your music and video activity, and your media library."

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Pro tip: Putting a knot in your conference badge lanyard raises it up & makes it easier to read.

Conference badge with a small knot tied in the middle of the lanyard.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

If you open #Wireshark on its birthday you get an Easter egg.

You are sniffing the glue that holds the Internet together using Wireshark 4.5.0

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Pretty much every time I demo #Wireshark.

Presentation slide reading "Wireshark Speedrun" / "I expected the Wireshark guy to be better at using Wireshark."

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Berryessa Glory Hole status.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I showed off the original #Wireshark / Ethereal server today at #FOSDEM. Pretty sure it got more applause than I did.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Thanks to everyone at #FOSDEM who attended today's talk on Stratoshark! It was a lot of fun!

View of the auditorium from the upper level.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

If you're going to be at #FOSDEM this year, we'd love to see you at the #Wireshark stand in building H. We'll have free stickers and t-shirts for sale while supplies last. T-shirt Proceeds go to the Wireshark Foundation.

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Thanks, Palo Alto. It's nice to know that something I've been pouring my heart and soul into "generally do not contain content that is useful to the end user."

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Gerald Combs @geraldcombs.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

How badly did the Microsoft Remote Desktop user community hurt that development team such that they thought that making them type “windows app copy paste” into Google was an appropriate level of revenge?

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