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Version History

04/11/2018
1.5.6
  • Low values became more noticeable on the gross graph;
  • Detailed description of the errors displayed to the user has been added;
  • Keyboard control in the content display area of sessions has been added;
  • IP geolocation databases was updated as of March 2018;
  • Fixed the function of data rotation;
  • Fixed the function of sessions content delivery;
  • Fixed filtering errors when using more than one network adapter selected;
  • Fixed a bug in the tooltip of the export button for files (pcap | csv);
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
01/31/2018
1.5.5
  • The possibility of filter network sessions by DNS node names has been added;
  • The possibility of search in the network session content window has been added;
  • The possibility of multiple choice of network sessions for export to a file has been added;
  • Added an application settings section available in the Console;
  • Now if there are errors receiving content of network sessions, a warning is displayed. The entire error stack is displayed in a separate dialog box, and error text is output directly to the content display area of the network sessions;
  • If an error occurred while retrieving the content of the network session, then it is tinted red;
  • Added support for IPX RIP / SAP / SPX, ATA over Ethernet and EIGRP protocols;
  • Added support for the NBF protocol (NetBIOS over LLC);
  • The function of forced disconnection of all connections with the storage before updating it has been added;
  • The functionality of aggregation of network packets and sessions of the data link layer has been added;
  • The functionality of closing sessions, mistakenly not marked as closed has been added;
  • Added deferred query execution functionality, which allows you to not lose data between reboots of the аpplication services;
  • Switching to PostgreSQL version 10.1;
  • IP geolocation databases was updated as of December 2017;
  • Minor corrections in the design of the Console;
  • Optimized and accelerated processing of network packet headers up to the transport layer (ISO/OSI);
  • Rotation procedure of accumulated data has been optimized;
  • The caching function of DNS addresses has been optimized. Additional errors have been taken into account in obtaining DNS names from the reverse DNS zones;
  • Functionality of the artificial alignment of statistics is disabled for a network session`s long time interval;
  • Fixed a bug in managing network adapters that required a restart of the application to apply the changes;
  • Fixed the function of sorting IP addresses in all address filters;
  • Fixed handling of MLDv1 messages in the ICMPv6 protocol;
  • The error of data integrity violation in the export function of network session data has been fixed;
  • Fixed typos in the Console;
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
10/13/2017
1.5.4
  • Current status indication for the indexation and saving services, and the application server was added;
  • Possibility of suspending/resuming the indexation and saving services, and the application server in the standard service console of MS Windows was added.
  • VRRP protocol support was added;
  • Possibility of viewing the session data directly in the Console was added;
  • Possibility of exporting the displayed session data with obtaining of all session data in advance was added;
  • Display of the full protocol hierarchy track in the histogram was added. The full protocol track is displayed in the popup window;
  • Possibility of refusing to close the Console window in the closing confirmation window was added;
  • Hints to the nodes of the session filter tree and the percentage tree were added;
  • Switching to PostgreSQL version 9.6.5;
  • Provisionally concealed the context help button;
  • Identification of AMQP, Viber and Tor protocols was streamlined;
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
8/22/2017
1.5.3
  • The function for exporting network session content was added into the PCAP format file;
  • The function of identifying and displaying DNS node names based on their IP addresses was added;
  • Switching to PostgreSQL version 9.6.4;
  • The trust issue with SSL/TLS certificates of the local proxy service in Mozilla Firefox browsers was resolved;
  • Improvement of identification algorithms of the following protocols: TeamSpeak, Postgres, Tor;
  • Acceleration of identification of geographic nodes in the session filter tree to 2 to 4 seconds;
  • The procedure of obtaining and displaying sessions without identified geographic locations was corrected;
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
8/2/2017
1.5.2
  • The protocol sorting by volumes, packet numbers and session numbers within the captured traffic in the protocol histogram was added;
  • The protocol histogram shows parent nodes from the entire multitude of protocols selected in the protocol tree. If no protocol is selected in the protocol tree, the Ethernet protocol is considered selected;
  • Improvement of identification of protocols Now, the protocols identified using internet domains and IP addresses do not appear as subsidiary protocols of such protocols as: DNS, mDNS, LLMNR and DNSCrypt;
  • Correction of display error in the English version of the program;
  • Correction of SSL/TLS identification error in some situations;
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
7/14/2017
1.5.1
  • The function for saving the user interface element statuses such as window locations and dimensions, column widths, separator locations and gross graph lens locations was added;
  • The function for rotating data in the storage to allow preserving the required free disk space was added;
  • Corrected the error of highlighting and selecting elements in the session filter tree;
  • The general configuration of the Console was improved;
  • Acceleration of search for session with reserved IP addresses;
  • The storage size was treamlined;
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
7/5/2017
1.5.0
  • Implementation of the session list interface in the separate window;
  • The function for associating session with OS processes was added;
  • The function for SSL/TLS opening (Re-encryption) was added;
  • Support of WOL, MAC Control, WIFI over Ethernet protocols was added;
  • The function for sorting the session list by columns was added;
  • The new data filtration interface being the session filter tree that allows grouping network sessions based on several attributes thereof was added;
  • The storage rotation function was added;
  • Correction of restoration of selected ranges of the gross graph on startup of the software;
  • Correction of the error in implementation of the traffic volume percentage calculation algorithms in the percentage tree elements;
  • Correction of the error in registration of the network driver for interception of network flows during installation of the Stethoscope software;
  • Correction of numerous errors in algorithms and implementations thereof;
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
1/23/2017
1.0.2 beta
  • The function for exporting the session list into the CSV format file was added;
  • Displaying of the list and statuses of the Software processes in the About window was added;
  • Insignificant visual errors in the user interface were corrected;
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
1/13/2017
1.0.1 beta
  • The function for recording only the first N bytes of packets to reduce disk space usage was added;
  • The function for filtering traffic to exclude the set protocol traffic from the recording and analysis procedures was added;
  • Operation of the Gross Graph user interface element was streamlined in relation to its Lens element that allows detailed viewing of traffic intensity in the selected period;
  • Some cosmetic errors were corrected in the session list;
  • Overall improvement of stability and operating speed of the application.
12/8/2016
1.0.0 beta
  • The first public version of the Stethoscope software. Illustrative display of all network interactions of the PC including GSM modems, network adapters and WI-FI modems. IP addresses, session numbers, byte and packet quantities transmitted during the PC network activity are displayed;
  • Implementation of the user interface displaying both gross traffic totals and traffic totals of specific sessions (network flows of two host communications) including display of network traffic intensity in time;
  • The traffic is recorded to disk completely or partially depending on the filter settings in the format (https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat);
  • Implementation of the mechanism for determination of geographic locations of hosts based on their IP addresses;
  • Implementation of the mechanism for dynamic identification of protocols.

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