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Wireshark 1.6.1 (32-bit)

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What's new in this version:

# The following bugs have been fixed:
* TCP dissector doesn't decode TCP segments of length 1.
* wireshark 1.4.0rc1 and python - spurious message.
* Missing LUA function.
* Lua API description about creating a new Tvb from a bytearray is not correct in wireshark's user guide.
* Character echo pauses in Capture Filter field in Capture Options.
* White space in protocol field abbreviation causes runtime failure while registering Lua dissector.
* "File not found" box uses wrong filename encoding.
* capinfos: #ifdef HAVE_LIBGCRYPT block includes a line too many . 
* Wireshark crashes if Lua contains "Pref.range()" with missing arguments.
* The "range" field in Lua's "Pref.range()" serves as default while the "default" field does nothing .
* Wireshark crashes when calling TreeItem:set_len() on TreeItem without tvb.
* TvbRange_string(lua_State* L) call a wrong function. 
* VoIP call flow graph displays BICC APM as a BICC ANM. 
* Cannot Live-capture VirtualBox network packets with Wireshark; pipe problem. 
* Interface list in Capture Options isn't cleared when selecting other host. 
* H323 rate multiplier wrong. 
* Inclusion of config.h is too late in lex-files resulting in wrong definition of _FILE_OFFSET_BITS.
* tshark crashes when loading Lua script that contains GUI function. 
* 802.11 Disassociation Packet's "Reason Code" field is imprecisely decoded/described.
* Wireshark crashes when setting custom column's field name with conditional.
* Crash after applying "expert.severity" field as column. 
* GTS Descriptor count limited to 3 instead of 7. 
* The SSL dissector can not resemble correctly the frames after TCP zero window probe packet.
* Packet parser takes too long for this trace. 
* The SSL dissector can not resemble correctly the frames after TCP zero window probe packet. 
* Wireshark crashes after repeating "File -> Import -> Cancel". 
* Decoding of MQ ASCII and EBCDIC Traffic Flow - ASCII shows fine, EBCDIC does not. 
* 802.11 Association Response Packet's "Status Code" field is imprecisely decoded/described.
* Abis interface not correctly handled in gsmtap dissector. 
* Wrong decoding of RLC/MAC EGPRS Packet Downlink Ack/Nack (3GPP TS 44.060). 
* CSN Ack/Nack Description wrongly handled in gsm_rlcmac_dl dissector (3GPP TS 44.060).
* wireshark 1.6.0 and python support: installer fails to create the wspy_dissectors subdirectory and .
* Wireshark crash during RTP stream analysis.
* Tshark custom columns: Why don't I get an error message? 

# New and Updated Capture File Support
* Network Monitor.