I agree.
fulvio
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Guy
> Harris
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 09:39
> To: Pekka Savola
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [tcpdump-workers] Quiet down SMB printing unless in verbose
> mode (fwd)
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>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 05:55:33PM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
> > Is there anyone who wouldn't want to quiet down SMB printing by
> > default unless -v is given?
>
> It seems reasonable to me, as tcpdump has traditionally printed one-line
> summaries for packets - even *with* "-v".
>
> I don't know whether anybody out there uses it to do that kind of
> detailed dissection.
>
> There are probably other protocols for which a more detailed dissection
> might be useful; snoop and Tethereal, by default, print one line for all
> packets, but have flags that cause them to print out a *very* detailed
> report on the packet, at all protocol layers. snoop uses "-v", and
> Tethereal uses "-V"; tcpdump could use either "enough" "-v"s ("-vvvvv"
> or so), or could use a "-V" flag.
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