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Re: New DLT type.
From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:11:22 -0400
"Jon" == Jon Meyer <Jon_Meyer () selinc com> writes:
Jon> What type of information do I need to supply in order to have a Jon> new DLT type assigned? 1) who you are, and where your data encoding definition is kept, or a C header file. (i.e a URL to a document) Or if it's "proprietary", then a reason why it should be so. Read pcap.h 2) what makes your encapsulation different than what's already there? 3) maybe you really need three or four numbers rather than create a complicated encoding. 4) post to the list. -- ] He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life! | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ Kyoto Plus: watch the video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzx1ycLXQSE> then sign the petition. - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
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