[tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

Hi folks, I was a bit surprised when I clicked on a libpcap packet capture that it did not automatically launch "wireshark -r". I have searched the archive of this mailing list looking for a MIME type and found no consensus. I seek consensus for the following, which I have based on discussion

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Glen Turner wrote: > I was a bit surprised when I clicked on a libpcap packet capture that it did > not automatically launch "wireshark -r". I have searched the archive of this > mailing list looking for a MIME type and found no consensus. > > I seek consensus for t

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

Hi Guy, Is that a problem with said requirements? The IANA mandatory requirements for vendor MIME types are: - they must reference media, not other things - syntax must be correct - parameters must be explained (there are none in this case) - each MIME type describes only one data format,

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 11:31:30AM +1030, Glen Turner wrote: > I seek consensus for the following, which I have based on discussions on > this subject previously which I have found in the mailing list archive. > The proposed MIME type meets IETF/IANA requirements. Hi Glen, I brought up the subj

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

> "Glen" == Glen Turner writes: Glen> Hi Guy, >> Is that a problem with said requirements? Glen> The IANA mandatory requirements for vendor MIME types are: - Glen> they must reference media, not other things - syntax must be Glen> correct - parameters must be explained (

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

Michael Richardson wrote: So, I say, go for it. Hi folks, There is a MIME type registration form at Below are my intended responses. Comments are welcome, see especially the interoperability and security questions. Cheers, Glen Your Name: [Gl

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

On 04/11/10 01:23, Phil Vandry wrote: I'm not sure I like the "vnd." tag for a Free file format, but the paperwork is easier, isn't it? Yep. An IETF standard MIME type needs an Internet Draft, discussion on mailing lists, review periods, etc. My feeling was that if a fellow standards organi

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

On Nov 3, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Glen Turner wrote: > 2. Subtype name (See Existing subtype names) >See also RFC 2046, and RFC 4288, sections 3 and 4.2. >Note: Registrations in the standards tree must be approved by the >IESG and must correspond to a formal publication by a recognized >

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

Thanks everyone for comments, including offlist from my coworkers at AARNet and the media people at CSIRO. The largest change is that I have altered the proposed MIME type based on the advice received. The proposed type is now vnd.tcpdump.pcap. I am told the syntax of the previous "vnd.tcpdump.or

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

On Nov 9, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Glen Turner wrote: > The largest change is that I have altered the proposed MIME type based > on the advice received. The proposed type is now vnd.tcpdump.pcap. I am > told the syntax of the previous "vnd.tcpdump.org-libpcap" was > problematic, as some applications pa

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

On Nov 9, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Glen Turner wrote: > 9. Applications which use this media type > See RFC 4288, section 4.5 > [ > Libpcap, a C library to capture network packets for POSIX-like systems. > > Net::Pcap, Jpcap, python-libpcap, Ruby/Pcap are respectively Perl, Java, > Python and Ruby bind

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 17:46 -0800, Guy Harris wrote: > I.e., the problem isn't with the "-" prior to "libpcap", it's with the > "." between "tcpdump" and "org", so that they think that the vendor is > "tcpdump" and the final component of the type is "org-libpcap"? Yep, that's the issue. Programme

Re: [tcpdump-workers] MIME type for libpcap (tcpdump -w)

> "Glen" == Glen Turner writes: Glen> Thanks everyone for comments, including offlist from my Glen> coworkers at AARNet and the media people at CSIRO. Glen> The largest change is that I have altered the proposed MIME Glen> type based on the advice received. The proposed type