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Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL error

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From: Lorand JAKAB <jlori@xxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:16:07 +0200
I tried now with the new 0.10.3 realease, and I get the same error. It
occurs when trying to decode a Mobile IP Binding Update packet, like
this:

    <field show="Binding Update" size="6" pos="246"
value="0017c00009c4">
      <field name="mip6.bu.seqnr" showname="Sequence number: 23"
size="2" pos="246" show="23" value="0017"/>
      <field name="mip6.bu.a_flag" showname="1... .... = Acknowledge (A)
flag: Binding Acknowledgement requested" size="1" pos="248" show="1"
value="c0"/>
      <field name="mip6.bu.h_flag" showname=".1.. .... = Home
Registration (H) flag: Home Registration" size="1" pos="248" show="1"
value="c0"/>
      <field name="mip6.bu.l_flag" showname="..0. .... = Link-Local
Compatibility (L) flag: No Link-Local Address Compatibility" size="1"
pos="248" show="0" value="c0"/>
      <field name="mip6.bu.k_flag" showname="...0 .... = Key Management
Compatibility (K) flag: No Key Management Mobility Compatibility"
size="1" pos="248" show="0" value="c0"/>
      <field name="mip6.bu.lifetime" showname="Lifetime: 2500 (10000
seconds)" size="2" pos="250" show="2500" value="09c4"/>
    </field>
    <field show="Mobility Options" size="-8" pos="252" value="

Could it be because the size of "Mobility Options" is negative!??
Please, if someone can help me with a patch, I would be eternally
greatful... :).

On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 19:07, Lorand JAKAB wrote:
> Hi! I know this error was discussed before, but the solutions were made
> before ethereal 0.10.2 was released and I suppose those patches were
> introduced in this release.
> 
> I'm trying to save in pdml format a capture from a wireless LAN
> interface, and I get the error mentioned in the subject. The exact
> command line looks like this:
> 
> $ tethereal -r verdi-second-soft-040324.pcap -T pdml > work.pdml
> 
> I tried without redirecting it to I file, but obviously that is not the
> problem. It happens with several captures, not just this one. The
> capture file is attached, maybe someone from the developers is able to
> help me. If you need more captures to see what the correlation is,
> please tell me.
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o o o  Lorand Jakab
o o o  Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
o o o  Departament d'Arquitectura de Computadors
U P C  Campus Nord, Modul D6, Sala 001
CCABA  Jordi Girona 1-3                     E-mail: ljakab@xxxxxxxxx
D A C  08034 BARCELONA Catalunya            Jabber: lorand@xxxxxxxxxx
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