Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 6471] wireshark unable to decode NetFlow options which hav
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:55:48 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6471

--- Comment #2 from Paul Aitken <paitken@xxxxxxxxx> 2011-10-20 00:55:48 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> *IF* it's a common *convention* that the
> system scope is either an IPv4 or IPv6 address, code could be added to check
> for lengths of 4 and 16 and show the item as if it were an IPv4 or IPv6
> address, respectively.

RFC 3954 doesn't specify that system scope is an IP address, nor does it
specify a size - so FT_BYTES sounds right.


> I left the interface scope as an FT_UINT32, just in
> case it's a common convention that it's an interface index.

RFC 3954 suggests this is an interface ID, so a UINT32 is good for most of
today's routers.


> The fixes are scheduled for the 1.6.x and 1.4.x branches.

Great, thanks!

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