Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] ethereal 1.0 features?

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From: "Ronnie Sahlberg" <rsahlber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 16:16:37 +1000
>From: "Ed Warnicke"
>To: "Ronnie Sahlberg"
>Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] ethereal 1.0 features?

> On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:

> > 6, Check existing dissectors so all fields have a corresponding hf_
entry
> > and are searchable.
>
> This is a big task ( but a VERY important one I think ).  One of the
> big selling points of ethereal to my coworkers is the filtering
> capacity.  Without the hf_ enteries to tag ALL of the the data there
> is not searchability.

I agree completely. I think every single field should have a hf_ field.

As for selling points: One I use when selling it in at coworkers is
"What do you mean, fragments? What is that?
Look at the capture here, fragments doesnt exist. You must be confused"
:-)