Is Wireshark open-source or proprietary? What does it mean to be open-source vs proprietary in the...

Is Wireshark open-source or proprietary? What does it mean to be open-source vs proprietary in the first place? Give an example of something that is open source vs something that is proprietary in the field of networking and telecommunications.

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Wire shark is an open source software

Open Source	Proprietary
1) It is a software which is developed and is test by a open source	1) It is a software which is developed and tested by an individual company
2) Anyone can easily access the software	2) Only the licensed individual can access this software
3) If there is an issue with the software then the community of the open source software try to fix it	3) The vendor is responsible for exclusively resolve the issue
4) Example of open source software is ubuntu and firefox	4) Example of proprietary software is macOs and flash player

Example of open source networking and telecommunications software is Apache license. This is is used to connect a given application to the server and is a famous free and open source software.

Example of proprietary software in telecommunication and networking is Solarwind network performance software. It is used to monitor the performance of the SNMP. It is used to automatically recognise the devices that you are connected to in the network

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