Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Follow TCP Streams-like command for other data?

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:40:03 -0700 (PDT)
> Is it possible to select/filter some packets and bring up an ASCII window as
> the "Follow TCP Streams" command does, but for packets other than
> TCP, or ones in which there is no valid chain to follow?

No such mechanism currently exists.

Note that "Follow TCP Stream" is of limited use for protocols that
aren't partially or completely text, and those protocols tend to run
over TCP.  Some scheme for handling non-text protocols (NFS-over-TCP,
SMB, etc.), and text-except-when-it-isn't protocols such as HTTP (text
headers, payload is sometimes text and sometimes not), might be useful.