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From: Paul Hoffman / VPNC <paul.hoffman@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:39:24 -0700
Greetings. I am using tethereal to document IKEv1 interactions. I want most of the verbosity of -V, but not all. For example, instead of: 

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Frame 1 (322 bytes on wire, 322 bytes captured)
    Arrival Time: Jun 11, 2003 15:35:15.901005000
    Time delta from previous packet: 0.000000000 seconds
    Time relative to first packet: 0.000000000 seconds
    Frame Number: 1
    Packet Length: 322 bytes
    Capture Length: 322 bytes
Ethernet II, Src: 00:0a:e6:4b:41:10, Dst: 00:01:f4:25:ba:84
    Destination: 00:01:f4:25:ba:84 (00:01:f4:25:ba:84)
    Source: 00:0a:e6:4b:41:10 (00:0a:e6:4b:41:10)
    Type: IP (0x0800)
    Trailer: E16493C2
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 165.227.249.128 (165.227.249.128), Dst Addr: 165.22 
7.249.127 (165.227.249.127)
    Version: 4
    Header length: 20 bytes
    Differentiated Services Field: 0x00 (DSCP 0x00: Default; ECN: 0x00)
        0000 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Default (0x00)
        .... ..0. = ECN-Capable Transport (ECT): 0
        .... ...0 = ECN-CE: 0
    Total Length: 304
    Identification: 0x033a
    Flags: 0x00
        .0.. = Don't fragment: Not set
        ..0. = More fragments: Not set
    Fragment offset: 0
    Time to live: 128
    Protocol: UDP (0x11)
    Header checksum: 0xf7bb (correct)
    Source: 165.227.249.128 (165.227.249.128)
    Destination: 165.227.249.127 (165.227.249.127)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 500 (500), Dst Port: 500 (500)
    Source port: 500 (500)
    Destination port: 500 (500)
    Length: 284
    Checksum: 0xf7b6 (correct)
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
    Initiator cookie: 0x1EEB98CD4609B33A
 . . .
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I want:

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Frame 1 (322 bytes on wire, 322 bytes captured)
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 165.227.249.128 (165.227.249.128), Dst Addr: 165.22 
7.249.127 (165.227.249.127)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 500 (500), Dst Port: 500 (500)
    Length: 284
    Checksum: 0xf7b6 (correct)
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
    Initiator cookie: 0x1EEB98CD4609B33A
 . . .
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Is it easy/possible to either change -V, or to specify my own contents for what goes into verbose output? Or would it be easier to just post-process the output? 

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium