Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [PATCH] Order of subdissectors : suggestion of a trick

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From: metatech <metatech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 20:38:53 +0200

> I'd prefer having the possibility to flag troublesome conversations and let
> the end-user provide the correct dissection for those odd cases. This
> however still requires some thinking :)

A "Decode As" option to specify the dissector for the TCP conversation
too which a given packet belongs would probably be the right UI,
although that'd require that the redissection done after the "OK" button
is clicked *NOT* destroy the newly-created (or already extant) TCP
conversation, or that there be a way to create the conversation *after*
all the dissector "reset and free state" routines are called.

Guy,

Could you clarify the status of this patch : is it rejected ?

I am working on decrypting SSL conversations (if the private key is known). Can Ethereal be made dependent on OpenSSL ?

See you,

metatech