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Re: IETF standard? [was Re: pcapng options]
From: Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 12:03:03 -0700
On Nov 2, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin <marc () petit-huguenin org> wrote:
But I think that this kind of redundancy, that can only create interoperability issues or security vulnerabilities, should not appear in a newly designed file format.
It's not exactly "newly-designed" - I have a mail message from 2005 discussing a pcap-ng draft, so it's over 7 years old (it's from February 2005).
Is there a process existing to evolve this format?
Discussions are held on the pcap-ng-format mailing list: https://www.winpcap.org/mailman/listinfo/pcap-ng-format (and that's where the discussion of opt_endofopt should probably move - it's already been discussed there).
The spec has been written with IETF tools, but I cannot find a submission for it.
It hasn't been submitted; I presume the intent was to do so when it was considered "ready".
I can help navigate the IETF process if there is an interest in pushing this spec as a standard. I think that this is typically the kind of thing that can be improved by the reviews from IETF members,
Yes, but...
and IANA is a good place for the various registries required.
...I'm less sure of that. One of the registries is the LINKTYPE_ registry (the current version of the spec enumerates LINKTYPE_ values, but that should be replaced with "see http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html), and I'm not sure whether the IETF should own that registry or not - what would the process for getting new LINKTYPE_ values be if it were to be owned by the IETF? ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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- pcapng options Marc Petit-Huguenin (Nov 01)
- Re: pcapng options Richard Sharpe (Nov 01)
- Re: pcapng options Guy Harris (Nov 01)
- Re: pcapng options Jasper Bongertz (Nov 02)
- IETF standard? [was Re: pcapng options] Marc Petit-Huguenin (Nov 02)
- Re: IETF standard? [was Re: pcapng options] Guy Harris (Nov 02)
- Re: IETF standard? [was Re: pcapng options] Marc Petit-Huguenin (Nov 02)
- Re: IETF standard? [was Re: pcapng options] Michael Tuexen (Nov 02)
- Re: pcapng options Guy Harris (Nov 01)
- Re: pcapng options Richard Sharpe (Nov 01)