Use Npcap as the default Windows capture library for Wireshark

[Yang Luo <hsluoyb () gmail com>]

Hi list,

In the past few months, Npcap (https://github.com/nmap/npcap) has gone
through many versions to reach a relatively stable release now (Npcap 0.07
R9). An obvious clue is that there're no such many BSoDs found as before,
nearly only one BSoD-level bug for a month. Also we have got nearly all
necessary parts as a product. We have official site (http://npcap.org/),
documentation, SDK, paid technical support, etc.

As I have patched Wireshark to fully support Npcap mode, there's no issue
for Wireshark no matter whether Npcap is installed in Npcap mode or
WinPcap-API compatible mode. However, I recommend installing in Npcap mode
directly because this is the default option in the installer.

Since Wireshark has dropped XP/Win2003 support long ago, so the fact that
Npcap only works for Vista and later systems won't be an issue. Plus that
Npcap also installs the original WinPcap 4.1.3 when running in XP.

Currently, we have already integrated Npcap 0.07 into Nmap 7.20 beta
version, and soon there will be an official Npcap 1.0 release. So I think
this is also a good time for Wireshark to integrate it. What're your
opinions?


Cheers,
Yang

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