Re: Transport name resolution

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Sep 16, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com> wrote:

> On 09/16/13 16:04, Guy Harris wrote:
> > On Sep 16, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Anders Broman <a.broman () bredband net> wrote:
> >
> > > If we decide to have it default off perhaps we shouldn't default to write
> > > User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 60000 (60000), Dst Port: 13868 (13868) but rather
> > > User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 60000 , Dst Port: 13868
> >
> > Yes, and the same applies for network addresses, if we're not already doing that.
>
> Defaulted to off (i.e., a preference) or off by code?

I was thinking "off by code", i.e. stay away from the Department of Redundancy Department.

> If we have a preference (for services or network addresses) I think keeping the same format:
>
> > User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 60000 (60000), Dst Port: 13868 (13868)
>
> is actually a good thing because then tshark output parsers don't have to worry about whether or not the preference 
> is set.

TShark output parsers not made of neurons should probably be parsing "-T {psml,pdml,fields}" output.  (TShark output 
parsers made of neurons generally handle ambiguities and format differences a lot better than TShark output parsers 
made of code.)
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