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# Dshell
**_A new version of Dshell for Python 3 is coming in September 2020, Dshell 3. See ‘News’ section for additional information._**

An extensible network forensic analysis framework. Enables rapid development of plugins to support the dissection of network packet captures.
An extensible network forensic analysis framework. Enables rapid development of plugins to support the dissection of network packet captures.

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## Development
* [Using Dshell With PyCharm](doc/UsingDshellWithPyCharm.md)

## Recent Major Updates

## News

* Sep 2020 - A new version of Dshell for Python 3 is coming, Dshell 3.
* This is a major framework update to Dshell. Plugins written for the previous version are not compatible with this version, and vice versa.
* Uses Python 3
* Rewritten in Python 3 from the ground up. Python 2 language deprecated on [1 JAN 2020](https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/)
* By extension, dpkt and pypcap have been replaced with Python 3-friendly pypacker and pcapy (respectively).
* Is a Python package
* All plugins are chainable
* Plugins can use all output modules
* Improved error handling
* Enables development of external plugin packs, allowing the sharing and installation of new, externally-developed plugins without overlapping the core Dshell libraries.
* Sep 2020 - This Python 2 version of Dshell will be deprecated and tagged with its current version number after Dshell 3 is released. It will still be available via this repository. Issues and Pull requests for the previous version will be closed when the new version is released.
* Feb 2019 - Removed deprecated pygeoip dependency, and replaced it with geoip2. This requires the use of new GeoIP data files, listed in the Prerequisites and Installation sections above.

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