Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] TCAP and non-standard SSNs

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce Fitzsimons wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to add support for non-standard SSNs into packet-tcap.c, but the 
> limited range of pref types has me debating if I should:
>
> a) Change all the current SSN's into numbers in a comma separated list 
> e.g. a string, with all the validation hassles that entails OR
> b) Add 1-n integer fields for the SSNs, where n is a number sure to be 1 
> less than somone needs
>
> Neither option makes me happy. (b) is easier, fer shure. (a) makes the 
> current SSNs more explicit, but the validation hassles are not 
> insignificant.
>
> Also, should I support them being set in an environment variable (like 
> some of the other dissectors use)?

I asked the same question last week ;-).  Here's the response I got:

http://ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200408/msg00074.html

which makes a lot of sense to me.  Now I just need to find the time 
(this is unlikely to happen in the near-term so if you're going to 
actively work on it, go ahead!).