bmcmanus wrote: > I couldn't identify where to send this from the on-line docs. I apologize if > this is the wrong group. Moderator, if > this is not the appropriate group, please forward this request to the > correct address. > > For a relatively simple (I assume...) wish list item, I'd like to see a > free-form "notes" field stored with each capture > file to allow a description of the capture conditions and specific relevant > information about the capture to be > maintained with the file. Right now I encode as much as I can into the file > name, but there's a lot more I'd like to > add, plus additional notes as I analyze the capture and discover important > packets or sequences. > > For options, it would be nice if the "notes" field included and automatically > populated various significant fields, > e.g., capture time/date, interface(s) used, capture options and filter > settings.
We are currently limited in this regard by the PCAP file format. There is some work in that direction in the form of the PCAP-NG file format: http://www.winpcap.org/ntar/default.htm _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
