Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] X.2 dissector needs some slight fixing

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:00:34 -0800
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 03:41:09PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> Or, alternatively, using the Principle Of Least Difference From What The
> International Telecommunications Union Calls The Protocol, the proto
> field should be called "x.25", not "x25".

...because seeing "X.25" in the display isn't necessarily the only
reason why somebody might think of the protocol as "X.25" and therefore
why they might think that the filter expression for it is "x.25".

(This applies to all the *other* ITU protocols we dissect, as well.)