Re: New RFCs for 1) pcap file format and 2) rpcapd protocol?

[Guy Harris via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>]

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> From: Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>
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> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:20:58 -0700
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> On Mar 26, 2020, at 7:10 PM, Guy Harris via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org> wrote:
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> > (Note that its purpose is to document the *existing* format, rather than be a source of proposed changes.)
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> ...proposed changes to the format.
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> I am, however, planning on proposing a mechanism for vendor-specific "custom" link-layer types, inspired by the pcapng 
> "custom" block types and option types, for use in both pcap and pcapng.  That'll be in a separate message.
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> As with pcapng block types and options, anything of *general* use that a vendor would like multiple programs to be able 
> to handle should probably be proposed as a part of the standard, with a register link-layer type/block number/option 
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