Re: MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Glen Turner wrote:

> I was a bit surprised when I clicked on a libpcap packet capture that it did not automatically launch "wireshark -r". 
> I have searched the archive of this mailing list looking for a MIME type and found no consensus.
>
> I seek consensus for the following, which I have based on discussions on this subject previously which I have found 
> in the mailing list archive. The proposed MIME type meets IETF/IANA requirements.

Note that neither the IETF nor the IANA will own the file format - or even the registry of link-layer type values - 
*and* that there's no guarantee that the tcpdump.org registry will be always able to respond in a timely fashion to 
requests for link-layer type values (the person who usually hands them out is a bit picky about handing them out, and 
can also be a bit busy at times).

Is that a problem with said requirements?

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