Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] (no subject)

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From: "Muguira, Maritza R" <muguira@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:15:40 -0600
>On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 07:19:11PM -0600, Muguira, Maritza R wrote:
>> I'm using version 0.9.5 and trying to decode with iscsi but I don't see
it
>> in the list of protocols to choose from.  Shouldn't iscsi be there?

>No, because its dissector is a "heuristic" dissector - i.e., Ethereal
>doesn't recognize iSCSI traffic based on the port number, it recognizes
>it based on whether the iSCSI dissector thinks a packet contains iSCSI
>traffic or not.

I understand that it doesn't recognize it as iSCSI when I first read in the
capture file because we are using a different port number.  However, I
thought I could force it to "Decode As" whatever protocol I wanted.  But,
iSCSI does not appear in my "Decode As" list.

Thank you for assistance,
Maritza Muguira