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Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] NFS filename / RPC string bug

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:15:37 -0800 (PST)

> I've been using Ethereal today specifically to debug strange NFS problem
> at work. I thought there might be some VFS bug in the Linux kernel, but it
> didn't even dawn on my to consider malformed packets!

Cf. my earlier comment, in another mail thread, on how one reason for
using Ethereal is to check for packets that *aren't* following the rules
of their protocol, and hence the requirement that Ethereal not assume
all packets are valid....

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