Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 7529] Request for ax.25 dissector

Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 10:49:34 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7529

--- Comment #29 from Richard Stearn <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2012-08-02 10:49:34 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #26)
> (In reply to comment #25)
> > (In reply to comment #24)
> > > The "KISS protocol patch" should handle the extra KISS byte in the Linux AX.25
> > > packets, and should register for LINKTYPE_AX25_KISS files in pcap and
> > > LINKTYPE_AX25_KISS interfaces in pcap-ng, so the KISS byte should no longer be
> > > an issue.
> > 
> > The KISS protocol patch dissects the KISS protocol, it is more then just the
> > KISS byte seen in the Linux AX25 network stack packets.
> 
> However, it *handles* the KISS byte to an extent sufficient for, at least,
> Tyson Key's LINKTYPE_AX25_KISS/DLT_AX25_KISS capture; are there any AX.25
> captures on Linux that it *cannot* handle?  If not, there's no reason not to
> check in the current patches.

The KISS protocol patch handles all the known KISS messages.

Currently known captures not handled:
    AX.25 over UDP
    AX.25 over TCP

In hindsight it would have been better to have LINKTYPE_KISS/DLT_KISS as KISS
is the protocol used to communicate with "intelligent" AX.25 packet modems.

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