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Re: Question about savefile format


From: Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:54:03 -0700


On Apr 1, 2008, at 2:03 AM, Milosz Marian Hulboj wrote:

I would like to know whether it is possible with the current pcap format to
store the captured packets in the fixed length blocks in the file.

What "fixed length blocks" are you referring to? The current file format has

        1) a file header, which you can't use to store packets;

        2) variable-length blocks containing packets.
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