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Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files
From: Phil Vandry <vandry () TZoNE ORG>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:32:03 -0400
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:07:17AM -0700, Gerald Combs wrote:
Debian and Ubuntu have the following entry in /etc/mime.types: application/cap cap pcap
It's a start but I don't agree with the choice of type. First they ignored the specification which clearly says that only types registered with IANA or published as RFCs can be named without the "x-" prefix (see RFC2045 section 5.1). Second and perhaps more importantly, "cap" is a poor description...
I prefer "application/x-libpcap-capture" since it's more descriptive. Would it
...as you already point out. Besides, Wireshark does not come with a .desktop entry or mailcap entry that registers it as a handler for this type, so it doesn't enable you to double click on such files and have Wireshark launch. Since Wireshark is probaly the most popular desktop application that uses libpcap files, that indicates to me that adoption of this type is poor. Since libpcap captures are a well-established and popular filetype I would like to undertake the full IANA process for an officially registered type but I hope it's not too daunting.
make sense to have an "application/x-libpcap-ng-capture" type for Pcap-NG/NTAR as well?
That's a good question. I'm not familiar with Pcap-NG so I will let others answer but I suggest asking the question, "is a user likely to need different treatment for Pcap-NG files or is the user likely to consider Pcap-NG and plain Pcap to be substantially different types?". If the answer is no, I recommend that they share the same MIME type. -Phil - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
Current thread:
- MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Phil Vandry (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Gerald Combs (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Phil Vandry (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Michael Richardson (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Phil Vandry (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Guy Harris (Oct 17)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Phil Vandry (Oct 17)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Phil Vandry (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Gerald Combs (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Guy Harris (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Guy Harris (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Michael Richardson (Oct 23)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Tyler J. Wagner (Oct 16)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Guy Harris (Oct 23)
- Re: MIME type for libpcap-format capture files Phil Vandry (Dec 11)