Hi,
You can check the Wireshark developer mailing list archives for the details, but
the two main points were: IPv6 support and active development/maintenance.
Also the ADNS Win32 build was a bit problematic, with different CRTs.
Thanx,
Jaap
Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Jaap Keuter wrote:
>
>> I'm (partially) to blame for c-ares being used in the development
>> version of Wireshark. Indeed there was some discussion, but from the
>> few alternatives I suggested this one came out on top easily. So,
>> Gerald Combs made the bold move and simply replaced ADNS with c-ares.
>
> I'm always happy to see new users of c-ares! I think it'll lead to us
> getting a better product.
>
> I've personally never used ADNS so I cannot make any comparisons or
> anything, but it would be interesting if you have any experiences from
> both camps and perhaps lessons to learn from ADNS or similar.
>
Received on 2008-08-26