Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Modifying dissectors with drafts?

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 16:30:06 -0800
On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 03:54:19PM +0200, Yaniv Kaul wrote:
> Is it OK to add dissection in accordance with Internet drafts, and not RFCs?
> I've done it already serveral times, but only with 'well-established' drafts
> (that are implemented and used in real life), but I was wondering what is
> the general conscensus on this. I'm mostly interested in IKE(ISAKMP)/IPSec
> dissection (as it used to be work related - now a hobbie). Is it being done
> in other dissectors as well?

Yes - see the iSCSI dissector, for example; support was checked in, but
it's still under development.  Updates were made to it as new drafts
came out.