Ode to Wireshark

Can you believe, that back in 1998, Ethereal (later to be known as Wireshark) was publicly released as version 0.2.0?  According to @TodayInInfoSec :

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1998: Ethereal was first released publicly as version 0.2.0. Its creator, Gerald Combs, thought it was cool that Bob Metcalfe named Ethernet after luminiferous ether so he picked a name beginning with ether. Since 2006 this network protocol analyzer has been known as Wireshark.
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I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve used this tool. It has been a lifesaver! If you’ve never used it before, please learn now! Here’s a good intro:

HowToGeek.com/how-to-use-Wireshark

FYI, as of July 16, 2018, the latest stable (main) version of Wireshark available is 2.6.1.  Oh how far we’ve come!  You can download Wireshark from here:

Wireshark.org

Now, I must give respect to a tool I have used so many times.  Thus, my “Ode to Wireshark”

Oh Wireshark, where would we be without you?
You make fools out of guessers, exposing facts that are true.

Network admins think the web gateways are a muddled mess,
Wireshark, you show that the problem is the upstream IPS…