On 3/26/07, Ulf Lamping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi list, > > > > I finally had a chance to look at the new feature from revision 21066: > > > > http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.py?view=rev&revision=21066 > > > > and see what it looks like if I put, say, all the SS7 dissectors' > > preferences in one preference tree called "SS7". The result was a > > little startling: I was able to put *21* dissectors' preferences in that > > category: > > > > ALCAP, ANSI BSMAP, ANSI MAP, BSSAP, BSSGP, CAMEL, GSM SMS UD, GSM_MAP, > > INAP, ISUP, isup_thin, IUA, M2PA, M2UA, M3UA, MTP2, MTP3, SCCP, SUA, > > TALI, TCAP > > > > It looks good to me because I tend to think hierarchically and because I > > don't like how long the current list of dissectors with preferences is > > (too much scrolling before I find the one I want). > > > > What does anyone else (especially signaling users) think? Any objections? > > > > There are both reasons for and against it. > > I'll agree that the current list is pretty long and I tend to like it to be > hierarchical as well. > > The drawback is: You'll have to know to search for protocol xy under SS7 > (BTW: is this basically the same as http://wiki.wireshark.org/SIGTRAN ?). > This might be obvious for frequent protocol user, but makes it probably more > complicated for newbies (like me :-).
Whether SIGTRAN belongs to SS7 or just complements it or supersedes it is a perfect example of an endless categorization discussion. SIGTRAN is a set of protocols to have SS7 run over IP. > So if we want to group protocols, we should group (at least) most protocols, > to have the protocol list length dastically reduced. > Maybe the current Protocol Family overview > http://wiki.wireshark.org/ProtocolReference could work as a guideline to sort > protocols into such groups. > > Regards, ULFL > > P.S: Some time ago, I've tried grouping some of the protocols in the menu > structure, and immediately got objections from other developers against "my > grouping" thoughts - so this discussion might become very controverse ;-) > P.P.S: Will the packet tree context "Protocol Preferences ..." still work > with this? This feature is pretty useful! > _______________________________________________________________ > SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und > kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192 > > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev > -- This information is top security. When you have read it, destroy yourself. -- Marshall McLuhan _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
