Re: proposed new pcap format

[Richard Sharpe <rsharpe () richardsharpe com>]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Darren Reed wrote:

> >   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).
>
> Why not make both 32bit ?
>
> I say that because design requirements are different, today, than they
> were 15 years ago.

I tend to agree with that. 16 bits seems awefully small for a vendor id 
these days.

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

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