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

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From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 11:28:58 +1000
At 03:41 PM 12/28/00 -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 09:59:09AM +1000, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>> Using the principle of least surprise, the proto field and anything else
>> that displays, should show the protocol as X25, so that people can apply
>> the common rule that if you want to search for a protocol, simply convert
>> the PROTO name to lower case!
>
>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".

Well, indeed, but I was concerned about whether or not Ethereal supported
the use a period in a name like that in a filter string.


Regards
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Richard Sharpe, sharpe@xxxxxxxxxx
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