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>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Are we sure that enough people will be asking for data types that we
>> can't just say "ask us for a type value, we'll give one to you"? That
>> seems to have worked pretty well for DLT_ values so far. If they
>> *truly* want it to be private, they can just ask for a number and we'll
>> give it to them, just as we give out private-use DLT_ values such as
>> the ones used by Cisco, Juniper, and IBM.
Darren> I suppose I'm not so much concerned about it being "private" as it
Darren> being unique.
Darren> Maybe a vendor field and vendor sub-type field would be useful ?
Darren> That'd give flexibility in an SNMP kind of way.
okay, divide the 32-bit space into two 16-bit spaces.
vendor 0 will be reserved.
tcpdump.org will be vendor 1.
vendor 0xffff will be reserved (for the NSA).
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