Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Verifying TCP checksum

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From: Mark Atwood <mra@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12 Dec 2000 01:57:39 -0800
Theodore Marescaux <Theodore.Marescaux@xxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> I'm using ethereal 0.8.14 under Linux and I need to verifiy the validity
> of the TCP checksum on the packets I capture, but Ethereal does not seem
> to have such a feature. I've seen Ethereal has a plugin facility. Does
> someone know if a plugin could be used for this purpose, if such a
> plugin exists (verifying TCP checksum) or where to find information on
> how to write plugins for Ethereal.

It shouldn't be too hard to add (I picked apart the IP checksum bits a
while back). Tell ya what, if no one else gets to it by then, I'll try
to getting around add it and submit a patch by this weekend.

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