On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 02:56:11AM -0700, Guy Harris wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Phil Vandry wrote: > > >I was thinking it would belong in the standard tree (RFC4288 3.1). > >This > >requires writing an RFC. > > At least as I read RFC 4288, that applies only to proposals that come > from the IETF; all that's needed is *some* published standard:
Maybe you are right but section 3.1 says "MUST correspond to a formal publication by a recognized standards body". By "recognized standards body" I have a feeling they mean, like, IEEE or ISO. Let's start by writing down the format spec (in the form of a pcap(5) manpage as previously suggested) and then contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see what they say. I'm sure they will advise us. > (We'd be registering a subtype name, not a type name, as I understand > it.) Yes. -Phil - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
