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Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Would it be possible to allow filter expressions like:

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 15:37:58 -0800 (PST)
Hi,

It would seem that there is utility in allowing expressions like:

   ip.len > (ip.hdr_len + tcp.hdr_len)

Now, I know that the way to express what I want is tcp.len > 0, but I 
think there will be times when someone wants to specify a filter 
expression that uses the sum of other fields ...
 
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