Re: Request for new DLT

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>]

> > > > > "Anders" == Anders Broman <anders.broman () ericsson com> writes:
    Pascal> Anders can describe it better than me, but the format
    Pascal> intends to be versatile.It allows you to export any higher
    Pascal> level PDUs in a pcap file while maintaining some basic
    Pascal> information about the lower layers 

So, how are the higher level PDUs going to be described?
that is, will you have a recursive DLT value, or what exactly?

    Pascal> (like the transport one). The current code sample in
    Pascal> Wireshark is for SIP protocol, but could be extended to any
    Pascal> protocol if there is a need. With a DLT allocated, it would
    Pascal> allow the feature to work out of  

I'd rather have it be rather specific and well defined, then loose and
nebulous.  DLTs already require too much specialized knowledge to
decode as it is.

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