Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-13 Thread Loris Degioanni
I think a block with data that starts at an arbitrary position of the packet would be useful, but it would be impossible (or at least hard) for the typical sniffer like Ethereal or tcpdump to dissect it. A possible solution could be to define a new packet block, so that tools unable to interpre

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-13 Thread Gianluca Varenni
Hi Felipe. I haven't yet thought if it would be better to add it as an option, or as a field of the IDB. The idea is quite interesting, my only concern is related to losing some information that is needed to dissect a packet properly. Suppose you have an ethernet packet, and you strip the first