Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Dissector for EtherNet/IP

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 02:45:47 -0700
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 05:16:40PM -0500, Joakim Wiberg wrote:
> Attached is a dissector for EtherNet/IP, along with a capture file with some
> EtherNet/IP traffic.

Unfortunately, "EtherNet/IP" can be a confusing name if you're
unfamiliar with that particular family of industrial networking
protocols - my first thought when I saw your message was "but we already
*have* dissectors for Ethernet and IP, and the IP dissector registers
itself so that it's called for IP-over-Ethernet packets, so we already
support Ethernet/IP".

Would it be better to call it a dissector for the Common Industrial
Protocol, or would that be confusing to the industrial network users
who'd use Ethereal to dissect those protocols?