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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] Dissector sometimes not available - but all protocols are enab

From: "Hoffmann Rainer" <rainer.hoffmann@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:03:47 +0200
Hi everybody,

I am using wireshark 1.2.0 to decode and analyse X.400 traffic on
aeronautical message handling systems (AMHS). I am very happy for
wiresharks support of the X411, X420 and P7 protocols. However,
sometimes it decodes my captured TCP packets only up to the OSI
presentation layer (pres) and ends up with telling me that the dissector
is not available (see packet details below). The curiosity is -
sometimes it does and sometimes not - although all protocols are
enabled.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Rainer

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PACKET DETAILS:

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol
Info                                                            Bytes
      1 0.000000    192.168.110.222       192.168.110.123       PRES
DATA TRANSFER (DT) SPDU                                         103

Frame 1 (103 bytes on wire, 103 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Dell_2c:67:92 (00:1c:23:2c:67:92), Dst:
Vmware_00:23:23 (00:50:56:00:23:23)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.110.222 (192.168.110.222), Dst:
192.168.110.123 (192.168.110.123)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 1502 (1502), Dst Port: 3001
(3001), Seq: 1, Ack: 1, Len: 49
TPKT, Version: 3, Length: 49
ISO 8073 COTP Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol
ISO 8327-1 OSI Session Protocol
ISO 8327-1 OSI Session Protocol
ISO 8823 OSI Presentation Protocol
    user-data: fully-encoded-data (1)
        fully-encoded-data: 1 item
            PDV-list
                presentation-context-identifier: 5
                presentation-data-values: single-ASN1-type (0)
                    dissector is not available
                        [Expert Info (Warn/Undecoded): Dissector is not
available]
                            [Message: Dissector is not available]
                            [Severity level: Warn]
                            [Group: Undecoded]
                    single-ASN1-type:
A11B020207D50201143112A110310EA10CA00A3008A10602...
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