There is no Protocol ID field in the L2TPv3 Header that identifies the
encapsulated protocol.
Somehow, using preferences one specifies how to interpret the L2TPv3
payload.

So it is not possible to register a protocol based on some header-field
value of L2TPv3 Header.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Guy Harris <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Feb 24, 2009, at 8:28 PM, Akshitij Malik wrote:
>
> >     Thanks for the info, however I do not see any dissector table
> > getting registered using "register_dissector_table".
>
> That's why I said "Currently, no, not without modifying the L2TP
> dissector."
>
> >     So does one go ahead and modify the L2TP dissector code to
> > register the dissector table?
>
> Yes.
>
> >     Alternatively, I had added a string preference to take in the
> > name of an alternate protocol to dissect after L2-Specific Header
> > fields have been dissected. That way one can switch between multiple
> > protocols on-the-fly simply by changing preferences.
> >
> >     Comments/Suggestions welcome as to which is the best approach.
>
> If your protocol has an L2TPv3 protocol number assigned to it, which
> it always uses, the dissector table scheme means that your dissector
> will be called without having to set *any* preferences; something that
> doesn't require a preference is preferable to something that does.
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