Previous News Releases

• CACE Technologies Announces SHARKFEST ’10

  January 20th, 2010

  Wireshark developers and users gather for 3 days of communing, training, and sharing Wireshark experiences at the 3rd annual SHARKFEST Conference.

  Full press release »

• CACE Technologies Upgrades CACE Pilot™ and WiFi Pilot™

  January 18th, 2010

  Version 2.2 adds Windows 7 Compatibility and new Views to the Network Analysis, Visualization, and Reporting Tools that Fully Integrate with Wireshark®

  Full CACE Pilot press release »

  Full WiFi Pilot press release »

• SHARKFEST ’10 Planning Underway!

  December 2nd, 2009

  Mark your calendars and make your plans to join us June 14 – 17, 2010 at Stanford University for our third annual Wireshark-centric instructional event.  Watch this space for more details coming soon!

• CACE Pilot, WinPcap and Windows 7

  November 20th, 2009

  CACE Pilot and WinPcap will be updated to support Windows 7 a few months after the official release of the operating system is available on October 22nd. In the meantime, you can install CACE Pilot on your machine by following these instructions, which will work for both the 32 and 64bit versions of the OS:

  STEP ONE. Install WinPcap 4.1.1 available from www.winpcap.org. You must install WinPcap before installing CACE Pilot.

  STEP TWO. Install CACE Pilot.

• Wireshark 201 Jumpstart Seminar: Filtering on the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

  October 28th, 2009

  You know about tapping in and basic functions of Wireshark – now you’re ready to become a filtering guru. Capture filters reduce the traffic you need to wade through to locate a problem. Display filters really focus in on traffic based on addresses, ports, protocols, flags, timestamp values and a myriad of other factors.

  In this online seminar Laura Chappell takes you through WHAT to filter for and HOW to apply filters. You will also learn how to make a cleaner, more efficient filter file set.

  Next Session is November 17th.

  Learn More and Register Now »

• CACE Technologies Releases WiFi Pilot™ v2 Upgrade

  September 1st, 2009

  Complete 802.11 WLAN Analysis Solution with Spectrum Analysis for under $700 adds support for “back-in-time” forensics, triggers and alerts

  Full press release »

• Announcing CACE Pilot 2.0

  July 27th, 2009

  CACE Technologies proudly announces the release of CACE Pilot v2.0, a major upgrade that includes many features that will radically improve the way networks are analyzed.

  Full press release »

• Free, Live Wireshark Training Seminars with Laura Chappell

  July 7th, 2009

  Wireshark 101 For Newbies
  July 7, 2009 @ 10:00am PDT

  Information/Registration

• Free Wireshark Jumpstart Seminars From Laura Chappell

  May 22nd, 2009

  Laura Chappell will be presentingWireshark Jumpstart: Master Key Tasks for NetworkTroubleshooting

  May 26, 2009 @ 10:00am PDT (GMT-7)

  June 2, 2009 @ 10:00am PDT (GMT-7)

  June 23, 2009 @ 10:00am PDT (GMT-7)

  Register Today!

• Wireshark Helps Expose Spy Network

  May 12th, 2009

  According to the New York Times Wireshark was used to expose GhostNet, a large-scale computer spying and surveillance network.

  Read the article

• CACE Technologies and MetaGeek Announce WiFi Pilot™

  May 4th, 2009

  CACE Technologies, Inc., developer of tools to enhance the Wireshark user experience and MetaGeek, a developer of tools that help people visualize their wireless environment, today announce the release of WiFi Pilot, a complete WLAN Analysis Solution based on the popular CACE Pilot high-level analyzer, AirPcap WLAN adapter, and Wi-Spy, a USB-based spectrum analyzer that allows you to troubleshoot WLAN interference quickly and easily for a fraction of the cost of other solutions in this class.

  Full press release »

• CACE Technologies Releases TurboCap™ for Linux Fedora 10

  March 31st, 2009

  CACE Technologies, Inc., developer of tools to enhance theWireshark user experience, today announced that they have released a Linux Fedora 10 driver forTurboCap, a feature-rich, full line-rate Gigabit Ethernet solution previously available for Windows-basedplatforms only.
  Full press release

• Google Principal Engineer to Deliver Keynote at SHARKFEST ‘09

  March 24th, 2009

  CACE Technologies and Wireshark University (WSU), hosts of SHARKFEST ‘09 Developer and User Training Summit for the open source network analyzer Wireshark, today announced that Stephen Stuart, Principal Engineer at Google, will open the third day of the Summit with a keynote address on the recently-announced Measurement Lab (M-Lab). The 2nd annual SHARKFEST, taking place June 16-18, 2009 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, is an educational event that offers in-depth instruction through 40 sessions over the course of 3 days. Sessions cover network analysis optimization, troubleshooting basics and advanced methods, best practices for wired and wireless security, Wireshark development insight, network forensics case studies, and more.
  Full press release

• Dr. Larry Roberts to Deliver Keynote on “Internet Evolution” at SHARKFEST ‘09

  February 18th, 2009

  Anagran, Inc., the leading provider of high capacity network traffic management products, today announced that Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts, Anagran Founder and Chairman, will deliver a keynote titled “Internet Evolution” at the second annual SHARKFEST Developer and User Conferencefor open source network analyzer Wireshark. Taking place at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, June 15-18, 2009, SHARKFEST ‘09 is hosted by CACE Technologies and Wireshark University (WSU).
  Full press release

• CACE Technologies Announces the Release of CACE Pilot™ v1.2

  January 23rd, 2009

  CACE Technologies announces the release of a significant update to their popular CACE Pilot network traffic visualization, charting, reporting, and drill-down tool. CACE Pilot v1.2 contains many new features, including 28 new Views, performance improvements when opening and analyzing large pcap trace files, and support for the new AirPcap Nx a/b/g/n WLAN adapter.
  Full press release
  CACE Pilot Home

• CACE Technologies Introduces AirPcap™ Nx USB-Based WLAN Adapter

  January 16th, 2009

  We are pleased to announce the release of the newest member of the AirPcap family, AirPcap Nx, with capture support for 802.11a/b/g and n, packet injection, multi-channel aggregation, external antennae connectors, and enhanced timestamps.
  Full press release
  AirPcap Nx Home

• Endace Announces Partnership with CACE

  September 29th, 2008

  Endace Limited (LSE/AIM: EDA), a world leader in network monitoring solutions, and CACE Technologies, Inc., creator of award-winning commercial and open-source network analysis solutions, today announced a software development and license agreement that has married the rich feature-set of the CACE Pilot™ traffic analysis, visualization, and reporting tool to the capture and processing power of Endace’s NinjaProbe.
  Full press release

• Laura Chappell’s Troubleshooting and Security Summit

  September 3rd, 2008

  Bring your laptop with Wireshark loaded and prepare for two days of intense hands-on labs taught by Laura Chappell, Founder of Wireshark University and the Protocol Analysis Institute.

  Laura’s only public course this year is scheduled for November 4-5 at the beautiful Omni Mandalay in Las Colinas, Texas (near DFW airport). This BYOL (Bring-Your-Own-Laptop) 2-day hands-on seminar provides fast-paced training on network troubleshooting and security. Get the WSU03 self-paced course for free! (A $298 value.) Early registration ends September 15th. Visit www.chappellsummit.com for more information.

  Summit Information Pack

• Pilot v1.1 Upgrade Now Available

  July 24th, 2008

  The first major update for the Pilot visualization, charting, reporting, and drill-down tool. is now available! This upgrade features new Views for VLAN (802.1Q) traffic, new search capabilities that match and highlight packet elements of interest for easy drill down exploration, a new Scatter Plot Chart, and performance improvements that make large file investigative exercises easier.
  Full press release