Wireshark
E111861
Wireshark is a widely used open-source network protocol analyzer that captures and interactively inspects traffic on computer networks for troubleshooting, analysis, and security auditing.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wireshark canonical | 2 |
| Wireshark development team | 1 |
| tshark | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T957587 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wireshark Context triple: [Aircrack-ng, relatedProject, Wireshark]
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A.
Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack‑ng is an open-source suite of tools used for auditing and cracking Wi‑Fi network security, including WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption.
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B.
SRWare Iron
SRWare Iron is a Chromium-based web browser focused on enhancing user privacy and security by removing or disabling various tracking and data-collection features found in Google Chrome.
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C.
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution specifically designed for digital forensics and penetration testing, widely used by security professionals and ethical hackers.
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D.
Comodo Dragon
Comodo Dragon is a Chromium-based web browser developed by Comodo that emphasizes enhanced security and privacy features compared to standard browsers.
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E.
PuTTY
PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wireshark Target entity description: Wireshark is a widely used open-source network protocol analyzer that captures and interactively inspects traffic on computer networks for troubleshooting, analysis, and security auditing.
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A.
Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack‑ng is an open-source suite of tools used for auditing and cracking Wi‑Fi network security, including WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption.
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B.
SRWare Iron
SRWare Iron is a Chromium-based web browser focused on enhancing user privacy and security by removing or disabling various tracking and data-collection features found in Google Chrome.
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C.
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution specifically designed for digital forensics and penetration testing, widely used by security professionals and ethical hackers.
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D.
Comodo Dragon
Comodo Dragon is a Chromium-based web browser developed by Comodo that emphasizes enhanced security and privacy features compared to standard browsers.
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E.
PuTTY
PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
network protocol analyzer
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ packet analyzer ⓘ software application ⓘ |
| category |
network analysis software
ⓘ
security analysis tool ⓘ |
| commandLineTool |
Wireshark
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
tshark
|
| developer | Gerald Combs ⓘ |
| fileFormat |
libpcap
ⓘ
pcap ⓘ pcapng ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1998-07-01 ⓘ |
| isFreeSoftware | true ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU General Public License version 2
|
| maintainedBy |
Wireshark
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Wireshark development team
|
| nameChangeDate | 2006-05-01 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
UNIX-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| originalName | Ethereal ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
network protocol analysis
ⓘ
network traffic capture ⓘ security auditing ⓘ troubleshooting network issues ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
VoIP analysis
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capture filters ⓘ colorized packet display ⓘ custom display filters ⓘ decryption of certain encrypted protocols ⓘ detailed protocol dissection ⓘ export of captured data ⓘ live packet capture ⓘ offline analysis of captured files ⓘ packet filtering ⓘ packet reassembly ⓘ remote capture ⓘ |
| supportsInterface |
command-line interface
ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ |
| supportsProtocolCount | hundreds of network protocols ⓘ |
| usedFor |
network forensics
ⓘ
network performance analysis ⓘ protocol development and debugging ⓘ |
| usesLibrary |
Npcap
ⓘ
WinPcap ⓘ libpcap ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wireshark.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Wireshark Description of subject: Wireshark is a widely used open-source network protocol analyzer that captures and interactively inspects traffic on computer networks for troubleshooting, analysis, and security auditing.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
tshark
this entity surface form:
Wireshark development team