Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-03-01 Thread Gianluca Varenni
- Original Message - From: "Felipe Kellermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 7:21pm +0100, Gianluca Varenni wrote: Uhm. At first, I thought it was a great idea.

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-26 Thread Felipe Kellermann
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 7:21pm +0100, Gianluca Varenni wrote: > Uhm. At first, I thought it was a great idea. Now I have some doubts: > basically you are saving packets using the "stardard" packet block, but only > your custom app will be able to use the trace file and dissect the packets, > since yo

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-20 Thread Loris Degioanni
Gianluca Varenni wrote: - Original Message - From: "Felipe Kellermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 2:28pm -0800, Loris Degioanni wrote: I think a block with dat

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-20 Thread Gianluca Varenni
- Original Message - From: "Felipe Kellermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tcpdump Workers Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:04 AM Subject: Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:41pm +0100, Gianluca Varenni wrote: I

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-20 Thread Gianluca Varenni
- Original Message - From: "Felipe Kellermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 2:28pm -0800, Loris Degioanni wrote: I think a block with data that starts at an ar

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-14 Thread Felipe Kellermann
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 5:29pm -0800, Guy Harris wrote: > It is? Not for me - I need an explanation > By "self-explanatory" I mean only the purpose of the feature -- not the definitions. That surely demands a lot more thought, opinions, etc. > > and in the old format it would be something l

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-14 Thread Guy Harris
On Feb 9, 2005, at 8:46 PM, Felipe Kellermann wrote: I've recently read the draft of the new file format -- very interesting. I'd like to raise a question here on a feature I've always thought would be useful: An offset, in addition to the snaplen. This feature is surely almost self-explanatory

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-14 Thread Felipe Kellermann
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 2:28pm -0800, Loris Degioanni wrote: > 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 >

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-14 Thread Felipe Kellermann
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:41pm +0100, Gianluca Varenni wrote: > I haven't yet thought if it would be better to add it as an option, or as a > field of the IDB. I think it would be better placed before the snaplen field in the IDB. The reason is that it would ease the decision of the parsers in fin

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-13 Thread Loris Degioanni
m: "Felipe Kellermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tcpdump Workers Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:46 AM Subject: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion Hi, I've recently read the draft of the new file format -- very interesting. I'd like to raise a

Re: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-13 Thread Gianluca Varenni
ump Workers Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:46 AM Subject: [tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion Hi, I've recently read the draft of the new file format -- very interesting. I'd like to raise a question here on a feature I've always thought would be useful: An

[tcpdump-workers] PCAP-NG suggestion

2005-02-09 Thread Felipe Kellermann
Hi, I've recently read the draft of the new file format -- very interesting. I'd like to raise a question here on a feature I've always thought would be useful: An offset, in addition to the snaplen. This feature is surely almost self-explanatory and in the old format it would be something like