Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Searching for packets with incorrect checksums

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From: aferen@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew C. Feren)
Date: 20 Dec 2001 08:52:00 -0500
Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > I don't like this use of hidden fields. Yes, the hf_ip_checksum_bad
> > field is not part of the packet, but it should still be shown in the
> > GUI protocol tree, so that users know that it exists and can be used
> > in a filter expression.
> 
> What about the use of the "ip.addr" hidden field?  You don't see
> "ip.addr" mentioned when you select the source or destination address,
> so you don't necessarily know you can filter on it.
> 
> Do we need some way to show hidden fields in general?

Yea.  Something like "ls -a", but that can be toggled from the GUI,
would be nice.  Most of the time I don't care about the hidden
files/fields, but some times it is useful.

-- 
-Andrew Feren
 Cetacean Networks, Inc.
 Portsmouth, NH