Sorry! Forgot to change the subject in my previous post :-(

On 1/29/07, Abhik Sarkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:57:58 +0800
> > From: Jeff Morriss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissector for Cisco ITP packet logging
> >         facility
> > Abhik Sarkar wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Now, since wireshark can already dissect syslog packets and mtp
> > > packets, I thought of combining the two.
> >
> > Cool, I think that would be a useful addition to Wireshark.  However I
> > suspect that a separate dissector is not a good idea but your changes
> > would have to be merged into the existing syslog dissector (which
> > appears easy since that's where you started).  Could you provide a
> > (small) sample capture file to test with (you could send it to
> > the list or to me privately if you prefer)?
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I agree with you... however, since this is the
> first time I am playing around with wireshark code, I did not want to
> "pollute" the code of a stable dissector. However, since paklog isn't
> really a protocol in itself, it would be fine to extent the syslog
> dissector.
>
> I will send you a capture seperately (as it might have potentially
> network sensitive information).
>
> I have also been trying to find out a way to get the syslog dissector
> to tells all subsequent dissectors that the byte array was generated
> and not present in the actual capture and hence to mark their protocol
> tree items using the PROTO_ITEM_SET_GENERATED macro, but have so far
> been unsuccessful. Perhaps you have some ideas on this.
>
> Best regards,
> Abhik.
>
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