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PCAP Now Generic (pcapng) Capture File Format
draft-ietf-opsawg-pcapng-04

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Document Type
This is an older version of an Internet-Draft whose latest revision state is "Active".
Expired & archived
Authors Michael Tüxen , Fulvio Risso , Jasper Bongertz, Gerald Combs , Guy Harris , Eelco Chaudron , Michael Richardson
Last updated 2026-03-16 (Latest revision 2025-08-30)
Replaces draft-tuexen-opsawg-pcapng
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Additional resources Mailing list discussion
Stream WG state WG Document
Associated WG milestone
Dec 2025
Submit PCAPng File Format as Informational
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IESG IESG state Expired
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Abstract

This document describes a format to record captured packets to a file. This format is extensible; Wireshark can currently read and write it, and libpcap can currently read some pcapng files.

Authors

Michael Tüxen
Fulvio Risso
Jasper Bongertz
Gerald Combs
Guy Harris
Eelco Chaudron
Michael Richardson

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