Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] UDP port display

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Maynard, Chris wrote:

> If a given udp port does not have a name associated with it,
> epan/resolve.c:get_udp_port() simply returns a string containing the decimal
> value of the port number.  However, in that case, the udp dissector ends up
> displaying the decimal port value twice, as in "decimalport (decimalport)",
> in both the udp summary tree and the individual "Source port:" and
> "Destination port:" fields.
>
> Does anyone else like the idea of displaying something like
> "decimalport (hexport)" instead, or perhaps to make things simpler, it could
> display "decimalport (decimalport/hexport)", so that even if the port names
> are displayed, you'll still get both decimal & hex displayed?
>  
No, I don't like that idea.

TCP/UDP ports are commonly represented as a decimal value in programs 
and documentation. Adding a hex value will make things confusing IMHO. 
As Micheal noted, you can get the hex value from the "Packet Bytes" if 
you need it.

Regards, ULFL