Gerald Combs
@geraldcombs.bsky.social
Creator & lead developer of Wireshark. Works at Sysdig. He / him.
Pro tip: Putting a knot in your conference badge lanyard raises it up & makes it easier to read.
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Pro tip: Putting a knot in your conference badge lanyard raises it up & makes it easier to read.
If you open #Wireshark on its birthday you get an Easter egg.
July 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If you open #Wireshark on its birthday you get an Easter egg.
Pretty much every time I demo #Wireshark.
June 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Pretty much every time I demo #Wireshark.
Berryessa Glory Hole status.
February 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Berryessa Glory Hole status.
I showed off the original #Wireshark / Ethereal server today at #FOSDEM. Pretty sure it got more applause than I did.
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I showed off the original #Wireshark / Ethereal server today at #FOSDEM. Pretty sure it got more applause than I did.
If you're going to be at #FOSDEM this year, we'd love to see you at the #Wireshark stand in building H. We'll have free stickers and t-shirts for sale while supplies last. T-shirt Proceeds go to the Wireshark Foundation.
January 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you're going to be at #FOSDEM this year, we'd love to see you at the #Wireshark stand in building H. We'll have free stickers and t-shirts for sale while supplies last. T-shirt Proceeds go to the Wireshark Foundation.
Thanks, Palo Alto. It's nice to know that something I've been pouring my heart and soul into "generally do not contain content that is useful to the end user."
January 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thanks, Palo Alto. It's nice to know that something I've been pouring my heart and soul into "generally do not contain content that is useful to the end user."
How badly did the Microsoft Remote Desktop user community hurt that development team such that they thought that making them type “windows app copy paste” into Google was an appropriate level of revenge?
August 30, 2024 at 5:14 PM
How badly did the Microsoft Remote Desktop user community hurt that development team such that they thought that making them type “windows app copy paste” into Google was an appropriate level of revenge?