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Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] updated fakelink dissector + (new) README.fakelink

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:03:46 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Andreas Sikkema wrote:

> 
> Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> > However, we still have to solve the issue of finding the dissector in 
> > Ethereal to dissect the PDUs that are in the file, esp WRT what you 
> > introduce below. Of course, that might mean that we need to restructure 
> > Ethereal and provide other ways to search for dissectors.
> 
> For each PDU in the file provide a "path" to a dissector?
> Ethernet/IP/TCP/TPKT/H225.0

These are all fine suggestions, but I think maybe I confused the 
situation by dragging in the need for Ethereal (and other tools) to be 
able to find a dissector for the frame types they encounter in a capture.

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org, 
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com