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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Usage of MS protocol documentation in Wireshark

From: Stephen Fisher <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:20:30 -0600
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 04:32:24PM +0300, Kaul wrote:

> Is it OK to use MS protocols documentation (concrete example -
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc207842.aspx) to enhance Wireshark?

I recently thought about this regarding another protocol, and decided 
that it would probably be ok especially since we're not making an 
implementation of the protocol - only dissecting it.  I'm no laywer 
though.  Microsoft folks would probably find it useful to troubleshoot 
their software anyway ;)