Re: Reserving a libpcap DLT value

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 08:50:03AM +0200, Hannes Gredler wrote:
> ok now i get it; - IMHO you should not attempt to change the generic packetheader;
> perhaps the easiest way [and to fix that one and for all for the future is to create a
> vendor_private DLT type that follows a TLV orientation and hence
> easy extensible without coordination efforts;
> with "private" i do not necessarily mean "closed" but extensible; one of
> the flaws of libpcap format is that it is not extensible i.e. depends
> on wellknown types;

Which means what's really desired is not a vendor-private DLT_ type but
a second generation of libpcap format - which is orthogonal to the
Ethereal-specific stuff Kent wants.  The extensions could be useful even
for *existing* DLT_ types.
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