On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Guy Harris wrote:

> 
> On Oct 29, 2003, at 10:56 AM, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> > Should we develop an RFC?
> 
> If by "RFC" you mean an Internet RFC, we should probably consider doing 
> that for libpcap-ng format; there's already one for snoop format 
> (although it's incomplete, as it doesn't describe atmsnoop format).

I mean this, eventually ...

> If you just mean a proposed format for developers of various packet 
> analysis programs (tcpdump, Ethereal, snort, Kismet, etc.) to review, 
> yes, we should do that, although the developers of those programs 
> interested in libpcap-ng should probably be part of the group designing 
> the format.  (I have some mail from a while ago discussing this with 
> some people, including, I think, Mike Kershaw of Kismet fame; I'll dig 
> it up.)

I mean this too. However, we should go for an Internet Draft RFC and 
then, hopefully, an RFC.

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org, 
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com

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