Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Can I force data into a dissector from below ?

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From: "Michael Lum" <mlum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:39:50 -0800
It has a configurable port number, defaults to 5000.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Harris [mailto:guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:05 PM
> To: mlum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Ethereal
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Can I force data into a dissector from below
> ?
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 3, 2003, at 2:01 PM, Michael Lum wrote:
> 
> > It runs on TCP and under BSSAP.
> 
> I.e., it's a protocol whose data is encapsulated in TCP segments, and 
> that encapsulates BSSAP?
> 
> If so, how would your protocol be chosen by the TCP dissector?  Does it 
> have a fixed port number, should it have a configurable port number, or 
> would it use a heuristic?