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Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value
From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:04:30 -0400
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"Thomas" == Thomas Edgar <Edgar> writes:
Thomas> With the timing method I am using I was going for a method Thomas> to capture anything from a COM port and then allow the Thomas> parsing mechanism (like the heuristic dissectors in Thomas> Wireshark) to determine what protocol is actually present. Thomas> I am going for a more hands off user experience than Thomas> requiring them to decide beforehand which protocol to Thomas> capture. What do you think? I suggest you have a DLT_ASYNC_RAW type, and just define that each frame contains 1024 bytes, or 100ms or something of data. If you have a heuristic guesser, and you can, output, PPP or SLIP or Modbus, or .... then you resave it in appropriate DLT_*... - -- ] 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Finger me for keys iQEVAwUBS8e3nYCLcPvd0N1lAQItvgf+MS+NEn2ADikF0fQPoZBdPZ9/ISrbxkYG AEeWQ6q7KQzjqOKZMN8GPzt/zXUsojUjKKF+focNmHEcZfVNoQeV8KYJA+PlMZH9 Z9dvMdZ9WY8ZCQYv3DdNygO58i7u0acAHVZsXRHYq62+MOOciThNMSz4yg49hGLY +e6blIj/xQvj6n4dkYyQHT9omcNyMntnqXVvViP00to0BY1VeNUV8JI3Pnpcyvi4 gWKAV57cBAXF1k4AvwYrSVoJVgk19eySapp/DE6CBqS+w+Bg1dqkk9LAw5jbSZ8y I2auj93MHVXCacXXH6X0MDe5ka4QTOjUvfxU7UKqIkVPjicCQbtz3A== =ihEQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
Current thread:
- Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Edgar, Thomas (Apr 12)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Guy Harris (Apr 12)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Edgar, Thomas (Apr 13)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Fulko Hew (Apr 13)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Guy Harris (Apr 13)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Edgar, Thomas (Apr 13)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Guy Harris (Apr 13)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Edgar, Thomas (Apr 15)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Guy Harris (Apr 15)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Edgar, Thomas (Apr 16)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Edgar, Thomas (Apr 13)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Guy Harris (Apr 12)
- Re: Request for new DLT and LINKTYPE value Michael Richardson (Apr 15)