>> I have a question on the mechanics of the header fields in Wireshark. I
>> am developing a dissector for a protocol where a specific data format
>> may repeat from 1 -> N times within the same payload. Can I reuse the
>> same header field identifier, registered with
>> proto_register_field_array, for each of the individual data blocks
>> within the same payload?
> Yes. There is nothing whatsoever that requires that only one instance
> of a particular registered field appear in a given protocol tree, and
> there are plenty of dissectors that put multiple instances of a field in
> a protocol tree if the packet has more than one of them.
Great! Thanks for the answer, as a follow up question: how does it work when I want to filter on a header field? Will it match ANY of the fields?
Thanks,
Ben
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Rockwell Automation Kinetix Motion
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