Jaap/Andrew, So where do we go from here? These MIBs worked fine under Wireshark V0.99.6a (at least I think it was that version - it was the last one before the SNMP dissectors were redone).
Jaap though it could be bug 2253:- http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2253 Once that has been fixed I could retry it and then report it if is still not working? Keith French. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Community support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-users@wireshark.org> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] V1.0.0pre1 & MIB Files > Jaap Keuter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Frankly, I don't get warm fuzzy feelings with libraries which are to >> *support* >> our program and make it crash when fed bad data. Especially since the >> data is >> not in our control (UAT configurable). >> Bottom line: It should be fixed in the lib, not with (commandline) tools >> that >> are alien to the users. > > The inability of manufacturers to write syntactically correct MIBs is > legendary. Users also need to understand IMPORT clauses. > > The switch to libsmi was a conscious decision on the part of one or more > Wireshark developers. I was one of those who suggested it, but having > been a long time libsmi user I knew it would require work to be > reliable, and was somewhat surprised at the speed in which it went into > the mainline. > > NetSNMP "silently" ignores OIDs it can't resolve but has its problems > too. If compiled with OpenSSL it is liable to all the potential OpenSSL > vulnerabilities, and runs into issues with the difference between the > Wireshark, NetSNMP and OpenSSL licenses. > > Most Linux systems will have NetSNMP installed, usually linked with > OpenSSL. Many other *nixes may have NetSNMP too, usually linked with > OpenSSL. You would need to statically link with a Wireshark provided > non-SSL version to avoid any such issues. > > Today you have a choice. Switch back to NetSNMP, or contribute to libsmi > development to make it more usable in Wireshark. > > -- > There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. > -- Dr. Who > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-users mailing list > Wireshark-users@wireshark.org > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1339 - Release Date: 22/03/2008 16:43 _______________________________________________ Wireshark-users mailing list Wireshark-users@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users
