> * Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org> [2017-05-30 10:56]: > > > How about just dropping support for /etc/appletalk.names, which as far > > > as I can tell was never used, and drop the manpage bit, reducing it by > > > 10%. Most of the text in the manpage is outdated anyway, talking about > > > /etc/atalk.names - support for which was removed in 2004 with the > > > privsep work. Something like this: > > > > Sure sure. > > > > My main objection to full removal was that you see a numbered packet > > flying over your network and don't know what catagory it is in. > > Suddenly google search is neccessary because tcpdump is going out > > of the way to not help. So it should help, answering the minimum > > question of "what type is that packet, should I worry". > > agreed. > can we limit this to just being able to identify appletalk?
that's precisely the minimum i think tcpdump should do. if it never prints hex, i'd be happy.
