Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: Re: [Ethereal-dev] New dissector...

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Guy Harris wrote:
> On Sep 15, 2003, at 10:54 PM, Kevin A. Noll wrote:
> 
> > I thought that might be the case, but I've noticed some dissectors that
> > don't do this... at least not the way you suggest below.
> 
> If there's a dissector that has a port-number preference but that 
> doesn't have a routine that's called when any of its preferences 
> change, that dissector's port-number preference won't work if you 
> change it unless you save your preferences, exit Ethereal, and restart 
> it.
> 
> What dissector does things differently?

The only dissectors I could find that have configurable port numbers and doesn't register handoff routine and similar in a correct way
is distcc and smtp dissectors.